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Wooden stick with tufted end
Wooden stick with tufted end
Object Number 35-31-50/1290D
Display Title Wooden stick with tufted end
Descriptions
Inventory Description Wooden stick, frayed at one end.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa
  • Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 15.1 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm (5 15/16 x 1/4 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-31-50/1290D

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