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Object Number 40-24-50/5040
Display Title Ivory beater for bark cloth
Descriptions
Object Description Elephant ivory beater for bark cloth. Recessed lines are carved in a criss-cross pattern on the bottom of the proximal end.
Inventory Description Beater, tapered to point, scooped end, pigmented cross hatch wide end
Classification
  • Beater
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Zande
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: Tambura
Dimensions Overall: 15.5 x 5.7 x 4.5 cm (6 1/8 x 2 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-24-50/5040

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