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"Key" - stick of carved wood with iron nails in one end
"Key" - stick of carved wood with iron nails in one end
Object Number 37-40-50/2066
Display Title "Key" - stick of carved wood with iron nails in one end
Descriptions
Object Description Leather fringe skirt
Inventory Description Key, wood shaft, 3-sided, w/ incised deco, 7 metal rods at 1 end, veg fiber cor
Classification
  • Key
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms East Africa
Materials Wood, Iron, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 49.5 x 5.8 x 4 cm (19 1/2 x 2 5/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-40-50/2066

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