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Object Number 49-32-50/8530
Display Title Metal implement for working on skins in a bamboo and leather sheath
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bamboo pipe, with leather piece tied with throead, woven fibers on one end
Classification
  • Pipe
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Zulu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Dimensions Overall: 51 x 2 x 2.5 cm (20 1/16 x 13/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49-32-50/8530

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