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Wooden cane with carved head
Wooden cane with carved head
Object Number 36-56-50/1485
Display Title Wooden cane with carved head
Descriptions
Inventory Description Wooden cane, carved anthropomorphic head with headdress, cylindrical shaft
Classification
  • Cane
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Barotse
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Zambia
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 98.1 x 4.9 x 4.1 cm (38 5/8 x 1 15/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 36-56-50/1485

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