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Wooden mortar
Object Number 35-31-50/1302
Display Title Wooden mortar
Descriptions
Inventory Description Mortar, carved wood, spool-shaped, wedges cut out of base, vegetable fiber tie
Classification
  • Mortar
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Njem
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 17.6 x 25.7 x 23.5 cm (6 15/16 x 10 1/8 x 9 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-31-50/1302

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