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Object Number 30-65-50/H1428
Display Title Hoe handle with cowries
Descriptions
Inventory Description Wooden hoe, tapered one end, carved handle, cowrie shell decoration.
Classification
  • Hoe
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Shatt
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sudan / Bahr al Ghazal
Additional Geographic Terms Bahr al Ghazal, West; Deim Zebair
Dimensions Overall: 48 x 13.5 x 9 cm (18 7/8 x 5 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 30-65-50/H1421

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