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Wood and fibre meat drying rack (kakan)
Wood and fibre meat drying rack (kakan)
Object Number 35-31-50/1122
Display Title Wood and fibre meat drying rack (kakan)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Rack, oval wood rim with bark strips woven/knotted forming net, twisetd bark rop
Classification
  • Food processing
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa
  • Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Wood, Bark
Dimensions Overall: 52 x 39.6 x 3.5 cm (20 1/2 x 15 9/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-31-50/1122

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