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Object Number
49-14-50/8167
Display Title
Wooden dance stick. Kakoma
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Kakoma
Inventory Description
Carved wooden stick, tapered 1 end, circular knob on other end, knob in center.
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Misuku
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms
Misuku Mountains; Wilindi Forest, near
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 52 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm (20 1/2 x 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
49-14-50/8167
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| 49-14-50/8168 | Wooden dance stick. Kakoma |
Ornament
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Nyasaland
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| 49-14-50/8166 | Wooden dance stick. Kakoma |
Ornament
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Nyasaland
| |
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Staff
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Nyasaland
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Staff
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| |
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Staff
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Nyasaland
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