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Object Number 30-2-50/B4931.1
Display Title Med - images (wooden)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden figurine, anthropomorphic, headdress, incised.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bafoussam
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, central
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 40.5 x 11.9 x 4.7 cm (15 15/16 x 4 11/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 30-2-50/B4931.1

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