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Ebony hair parter
Object Number 37-32-50/2523
Display Title Ebony hair parter
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tool, stick, carved, incised, tapered point, dark wood
Classification
  • Tools
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Forest Tribe
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern: Ebolowa, region around
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 21.5 x 1.1 x 0.5 cm (8 7/16 x 7/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-32-50/2523

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