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Object Number 36-56-50/1441
Display Title Wooden knobkerry (club) - used in personal fights
Descriptions
Inventory Description Club, carved wood, knob end, both ends coated with black pigment
Classification
  • Club
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Barotse
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Zambia
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 76 x 5.6 x 5.1 cm (29 15/16 x 2 3/16 x 2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 36-56-50/1441

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