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Object Number
30-2-50/B4961
Display Title
Yumba, chief's walking spear
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spear, wood shaft w/ branch nubs, iron point, 4 slotted chambers w/ ball rattles
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Bamum
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
Cameroon, central
Materials
Wood, Iron
Dimensions
Overall: 225 x 8.9 x 8.5 cm (88 9/16 x 3 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
B4961
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