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Object Number 37-77-50/2949
Display Title Splints used by native bone-setter - one for leg bones, one for arm bones
Descriptions
Inventory Description Mat, reed slabs, carved ends, tied together with fiber, rolled/tied with fiber
Classification
  • Mat
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mano
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Additional Geographic Terms Ganta, vicinity of
Materials Reed, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 25.7 x 9.4 x 6.4 cm (10 1/8 x 3 11/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-77-50/2949
Provenance
Donor Dr. George W. Harley

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