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Wooden bark beater
Object Number 37-32-50/2494
Display Title Wooden bark beater
Descriptions
Inventory Description Beater, large piece of wood, incised, cross-hatched design
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Beater
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Forest Tribe
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern: Ebolowa, region around
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 30 x 6 x 4 cm (11 13/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-32-50/2494

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