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Object Number 36-56-50/1483
Display Title Roll of cotton on stick
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spindle, wood stick with unprocessed cotton bundle.
Classification
  • Spindle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Barotse
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Zambia
Materials Cotton, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 57 x 9 x 6 cm (22 7/16 x 3 9/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 36-56-50/1483

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