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Wooden grinder - part of equipment used in making of the poison used on the arro
Wooden grinder - part of equipment used in making of the poison used on the arro
Object Number 37-32-50/2440
Display Title Wooden grinder - part of equipment used in making of the poison used on the arro
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden grinder - part of equipment used in making of the poison used on the arrows of cross-bows (nos. 50/2439-2446)
Inventory Description Tool, large seed pod (?), circular, filled with unknown material
Classification
  • Tools
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Makae
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern: Akonolinga, region of; Nlong River, S side of
Materials Seed pod
Dimensions Overall: 9.9 x 9.6 x 10 cm (3 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-32-50/2440, 77

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