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Object Number
37-32-50/2487
Display Title
Bark beater made from elephant shin bone
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Beater, carved bone, incised cross hatched
Classification
- Beater
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Forest Tribe
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
Cameroon, southern: Ebolowa, region around
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 26.5 x 5.5 x 3.8 cm (10 7/16 x 2 3/16 x 1 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
37-32-50/2487
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37-32-50/2492 | Bark beater made from elephant tusk |
Beater
Raw Material |
Cameroon
| |
| 37-32-50/2490 | Bark beater made from elephant's rib |
Raw Material
Beater |
Cameroon
| |
| 37-32-50/2489 | Bark beater made from elephant's rib |
Beater
Raw Material |
Cameroon
| |
| 37-32-50/2488 | Bark beater made from elephant's rib |
Raw Material
Beater |
Cameroon
| |
| 37-32-50/2491 | Bark beater made from elephant's rib |
Beater
Raw Material |
Cameroon
| |
| 37-32-50/2493 | Bark beater made from elephant tusk |
Beater
Raw Material |
Cameroon
| |
| 40-24-50/5040 | Ivory beater for bark cloth |
Beater
|
Africa
| |
| 37-32-50/2494 | Wooden bark beater |
Raw Material
Beater |
Cameroon
| |
| 46-36-10/28990 | Ivory bark beater |
Beater
|
Alaska
| |
| 04-64-20/C3750 | Beater for bark cloth |
Beater
|
Chiapas
| |
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Beater
|
Sanke Doek
| |
| 39-17-70/1174 | Wooden bark cloth beater ("kuli") used most by women but also by men |
Beater
|
Sanke Doek
|