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Object Number
35-31-50/1255I
Display Title
Highly polished nut
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Charm, nut, polished
Classification
- Raw Material
- Charm
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Basa
- Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
Cameroon, southern
Materials
Nut
Dimensions
Overall: 4.3 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm (1 11/16 x 1 5/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
35-31-50/1255I
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Floral
Raw Material |
Cameroon
| |
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Charm
|
New Guinea
Indonesia | |
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Charm
Raw Material |
Cameroon
| |
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Floral
Raw Material |
Cameroon
| |
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Nut
|
Asia
| |
| 2004.1.557 | Floral remain, nut, round, polished |
Floral
|
Indonesia
New Guinea | |
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|
China
| |
| 991-12-60/14924B | Four Polished Nuts (Walnut?) or Peach Pits |
Nut
|
China
| |
| 991-12-60/14924C | Four Polished Nuts (Walnut?) or Peach Pits |
Nut
|
China
| |
| 991-12-60/14924A | Four Polished Nuts (Walnut?) or Peach Pits |
Nut
|
China
| |
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Charm
|
Cameroon
| |
| 35-31-50/1255N | Half a nut shell, rough, filled with medicine |
Charm
Raw Material |
Cameroon
|