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Wooden stick with hand-sharpened point
Wooden stick with hand-sharpened point
Object Number 35-31-50/1290B
Display Title Wooden stick with hand-sharpened point
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stick, tapered at one end.
Classification
  • Tools
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa
  • Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 20.5 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm (8 1/16 x 7/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-31-50/1290B

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