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Carved fetish stick
Object Number 21-28-50/B2776
Display Title Carved fetish stick
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden board, 1 end tapered, 2 triangular perforations.
Classification
  • Ornament
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 47.7 x 11.2 x 1.5 cm (18 3/4 x 4 7/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 21-28-50/B2776; Njck(?)

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