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Object Number 21-28-50/B2779
Display Title Wooden implement
Descriptions
Inventory Description Beater, carved wood, cylindrical handle, rectangular paddle, flattened one side
Classification
  • Beater
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 54.7 x 5 x 3.7 cm (21 9/16 x 1 15/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 21-28-50/B2779

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