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Object Number 40-24-50/5097
Display Title Wooden animal (monitor) of gardenia wood - burnt criss-cross incising
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carving, wooden lizard, crosshatched incisions, 1 frag
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mundu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Belgian Congo
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 4.2 x 47.7 x 10.4 cm (1 5/8 x 18 3/4 x 4 1/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 40-24-50/5097

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