Small wooden divining image

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Object Number 35-31-50/1268

Display Title Small wooden divining image

Descriptions

Inventory Description Carved wooden figurine, human, cracked and chipped.

Classification

Raw Material
Figurine

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Banguntu?

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Cameroon

Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, eastern

Materials Wood

Dimensions Overall: 11.8 x 5.2 x 4.4 cm (4 5/8 x 2 1/16 x 1 3/4 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 35-31-50/1268

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