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Object Number 49-14-50/8260
Display Title Dance stick. Ndisa
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Ndisa
Inventory Description Carved wood staff, squared midsection, cracked and abraded
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: 83 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm (32 11/16 x 1 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49-14-50/8260

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