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Object Number 21-28-50/B2886
Display Title Ivory bark beater
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ivory tool, ridged constricted handle, tapered tip blunt, brown
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Beti
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Dimensions Overall: 24 x 6.5 x 5 cm (9 7/16 x 2 9/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B/2886

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