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Object Number 35-31-50/1260
Display Title Medicine object
Descriptions
Inventory Description Lump of clay with impressions
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa
  • Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Clay
Dimensions Overall: 6.1 x 5.3 x 2.4 cm (2 3/8 x 2 1/16 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-31-50/1260

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