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Ru pepuen, table
Object Number 30-2-50/B4949
Display Title Ru pepuen, table
Descriptions
Inventory Description Table, wooden, circular, legs of carved human figures
Classification
  • Table
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bamum
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, central
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 71.1 x 88.1 x 88.9 cm (28 x 34 11/16 x 35 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector George Schwab (1930)

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