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Object Number 35-31-50/1193
Display Title Piece of bone from the forehead of elephant (Mbom njok)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bone
Classification
  • Faunal
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa
  • Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 10.9 x 9.5 x 5.2 cm (4 5/16 x 3 3/4 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-31-50/1193

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