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Wooden mortar
Object Number 35-31-50/1303
Display Title Wooden mortar
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wood mortar, spool-shaped, worn depression center, vegetable fib. wraps
Classification
  • Mortar
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Njem
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 34.2 x 34 x 15.8 cm (13 7/16 x 13 3/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-31-50/1303

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