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Object Number
32-61-50/B5153
Display Title
Spindle
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spindle, carved wood stick, circular bone whorl
Classification
- Spindle
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Merina
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Madagascar
Materials
Wood, Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 35.7 x 3.3 x 3.6 cm (14 1/16 x 1 5/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
32-61-50/B5153, 184398
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