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Object Number 40-24-50/4948
Display Title Wooden club carved with knife only
Descriptions
Inventory Description Club, carved wood, ball head, ridged, pointed metal butt, cracked
Classification
  • Club
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mberidi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: Bo River
Materials Wood, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 61.5 x 10.1 x 9.5 cm (24 3/16 x 4 x 3 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-24-50/4948

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