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Object Number 30-65-50/H1186.1
Display Title Spindles
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spindle, ceramic incised and ridged whorl, worked stick wrapped w/cotton? string
Classification
  • Spindle
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Additional Geographic Terms Faradje and Buta; between
Dimensions Overall: 33.4 x 4 x 4 cm (13 1/8 x 1 9/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object H1186.1

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