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Mangetti (//ga) stick
Mangetti (//ga) stick
Object Number 58-43-50/10277
Display Title Mangetti (//ga) stick
Descriptions
Indigenous Term //ga
Inventory Description Wood stick, unclassified tool, bark completely removed, tri-forked at one end
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • San
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Botswana
Africa / Namibia
Additional Geographic Terms Africa, Southwest: Gautsche Pan, vicinity of; Kai Kai, ca. 20 mi W of
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 43.1 x 3.6 x 1.3 cm (16 15/16 x 1 7/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 58-43-50/10277
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Southwest Africa Expedition (Spring & Summer 1958)

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