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Object Number
35-31-50/1175
Display Title
Stick of the "um" cult (women's) (Nton um)
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Medicine bundle, crooked stick with bundle of leaves wrapped on 1 end
Classification
- Medicine bundle
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Basa
- Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
Cameroon, southern
Materials
Wood, Vegetable fiber, Leaf
Dimensions
Overall: 74.5 x 6.3 x 2.9 cm (29 5/16 x 2 1/2 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
35-31-50/1175
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