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Object Number 35-31-50/1341
Display Title Nuts of Mimusops djave tree
Descriptions
Object Description Nuts of Mimusops djave tree
Inventory Description Nuts, brown, missing part of their shells
Classification
  • Nut
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa
  • Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Nut
Dimensions Overall: 5.3 x 4 x 2.1 cm (2 1/16 x 1 9/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 32
Label on object 1341

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