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Object Number 34-91-50/460
Display Title Swagger stick
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wood staff, small knobbed end, worn
Classification
  • Staff
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Maragoli
  • Hamite
  • Tereki
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Kenya / Western Province / Kakamega / Kaimosi
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 91 x 2.1 x 1.8 cm (35 13/16 x 13/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 34-91-50/460

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