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Object Number 49-14-50/7700
Display Title Boy's wooden knobkerrie; Ntonga
Descriptions
Inventory Description Wooden club, carved wooden stick handle with round wooden ball on 1 end.
Classification
  • Club
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Nguru
  • Ngoni
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms Madisi
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 60.5 x 5.5 x 5.5 cm (23 13/16 x 2 3/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49-14-50/7700

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