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Object Number 37-32-50/2492
Display Title Bark beater made from elephant tusk
Descriptions
Inventory Description Beater, large piece of bone, incised, cross hatched design, broken
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: 23 x 5.4 x 4.7 cm (9 1/16 x 2 1/8 x 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-32-50/2492

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