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Object Number 35-31-50/1171
Display Title Strip of leopard skin (nkai nje)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Leopard fur covered skin, perforated slits at one end, coiled
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa
  • Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Animal hide
Dimensions Overall: 11.6 x 11.1 x 7.5 cm (4 9/16 x 4 3/8 x 2 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-31-50/1171

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