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Long pointed staff
Object Number 34-91-50/756
Display Title Long pointed staff
Descriptions
Inventory Description Staff, carved wood, knobbed end with discoidal finial, worn, blunted end
Classification
  • Staff
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Nandi?
  • Maragoli?
  • Tereki?
  • Hamite?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Kenya / Western Province / Kakamega / Kaimosi
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 130.7 x 3.3 x 3.5 cm (51 7/16 x 1 5/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 34-91-50/756

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