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Wooden dance stick. Kakoma
Wooden dance stick. Kakoma
Object Number 49-14-50/8170
Display Title Wooden dance stick. Kakoma
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Kakoma
Inventory Description Staff, carved wood, knobbed top, spiral burnt decoration
Classification
  • Staff
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Misuku
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms Misuku Mountains; Wilindi Forest, near
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 71.9 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm (28 5/16 x 1 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49-14-50/8170

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