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Object Number 40-24-50/5041
Display Title Bark cloth beater of prosopis wood
Descriptions
Inventory Description Wood bark beater, tapering cylinder, crosshatched base, 2 knot holes
Classification
  • Textileworking
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Zande
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: Tambura
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 36.7 x 8.1 x 7.3 cm (14 7/16 x 3 3/16 x 2 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-24-50/5041

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