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Wooden dance stick. Kakoma
Wooden dance stick. Kakoma
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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