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Object Number 35-31-50/1160
Display Title 2 pairs of drumsticks of soft wood (tom, sing.; bitom, pl.)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Drum sticks, 2 pair carved wood, cylindrical, ends slightly rounded
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa
  • Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 34 x 4.2 x 4.3 cm (13 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 1 11/16 in.)
Quantity 2 pairs
Label on object 35-31-50/1160

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