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Object Number
30-2-50/B4960
Display Title
Nkumba yore, chief's walking spear
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spear, iron shaft with four pairs of bells, blade at one end
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Bamum
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
Cameroon, central
Materials
Iron
Dimensions
Overall: 172 x 9 x 2 cm (67 11/16 x 3 9/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
30-2-50/B4960
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