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Object Number
49-14-50/8259
Display Title
Dance stick. Ndisa
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Ndisa
Inventory Description
Carved wood staff, knob handle, incised bulbed midsection
Classification
- Staff
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Lambia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms
Chinunka; Misuku Mountains, at the foot of the
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 87.2 x 3.2 x 3 cm (34 5/16 x 1 1/4 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
49-14-50/8259
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| |
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United States
| |
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Staff
|
Nyasaland
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