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Object Number 35-50-50/1375
Display Title Staff of office with medicine shell
Descriptions
Inventory Description Wood staff, paddle end, brass coils, shell, dirt/resin packed, w/ beads, fur/sk
Classification
  • Staff
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Wanyamwezi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Tanzania / Tanganyika
Dimensions Overall: 37.3 x 5.6 x 7 cm (14 11/16 x 2 3/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-50-50/1375

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