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Lower right jaw bone - unidentified
Lower right jaw bone - unidentified
Object Number 35-31-50/1255F
Display Title Lower right jaw bone - unidentified
Descriptions
Inventory Description Charm, partial right animal mandible with one molar
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa
  • Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Bone, Tooth
Dimensions Overall: 5.9 x 3.6 x 0.8 cm (2 5/16 x 1 7/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object ####/1255#

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