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Wooden door for hut made from single buttressed root of tree - such as cottonwoo
Wooden door for hut made from single buttressed root of tree - such as cottonwoo
Object Number 22-2-50/B3437
Display Title Wooden door for hut made from single buttressed root of tree - such as cottonwoo
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden door for hut made from single buttressed root of tree - such as cottonwood
Inventory Description Wood door, rectangular, cutout handle(?), broken into 2, 1 string-wraped, worn
Classification
  • Door
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 95 x 40 x 4.8 cm (37 3/8 x 15 3/4 x 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 22-2-50/B3437 & B\3437

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