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Object Number 35-31-50/1183
Display Title Head pad (jate mbok)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Head pad, woven fiber, ring-shaped, dark brown
Classification
  • Tools
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa
  • Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 6.2 x 15 x 14.5 cm (2 7/16 x 5 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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