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Object Number 49-14-50/8420
Display Title Basket maker's awl of wood and metal Lisungulu
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Lisungulu
Inventory Description Awl, iron point, worn wood handle, cylindrical with rounded end
Classification
  • Awl
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Chewa
  • Lambia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms Nchisi Mountain
Materials Wood, Iron
Dimensions Overall: 18.4 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm (7 1/4 x 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49-14-50/8420

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