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Object Number 36-56-50/1457
Display Title Wooden stirring paddle, carved head on handle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Paddle, carved, ovate, natural and brown, anthropomorchic head withheadress
Classification
  • Paddle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Barotse
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Zambia
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 49 x 6 x 0.8 cm (19 5/16 x 2 3/8 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 36-56-50/1457

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