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Object Number 40-24-50/5085
Display Title Woman's tail of strips of chewed fibre
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ornament, vegetable fiber strips, 4 wrapped peg bundles at handle, fiber twine
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kakwa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: Yei
Dimensions Overall: 36.5 x 27 x 12.7 cm (14 3/8 x 10 5/8 x 5 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-24-50/5085

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