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Object Number 22-2-50/B3095.1
Display Title Seed pods - hollow twig outfit for purification ceremony
Descriptions
Inventory Description Rattles, 2 seed pods, perf'd w/4 wood sticks attach'd w/vegetable fiber cord
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa
  • Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 57.8 x 11.9 x 3.5 cm (22 3/4 x 4 11/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 2
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