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Medicine stick with leather loop handle
Medicine stick with leather loop handle
Object Number 58-43-50/10286
Display Title Medicine stick with leather loop handle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Medicine bundle, wood stick with bark, perforated, knotted leather loop
Classification
  • Medicine bundle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • San
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia
Africa / Botswana
Additional Geographic Terms Africa, Southwest: Gautsche Pan, vicinity of; Kai Kai, ca. 20 mi W of
Materials Wood, Bark, Leather
Dimensions Overall: 16.5 x 1.4 x 1.5 cm (6 1/2 x 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 58-43-50/10286
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Southwest Africa Expedition (Spring & Summer 1958)

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