Oracle device - 4 three inch pointed pieces of wood with burned markings – Objects

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Object Number 58-43-50/10313

Display Title Oracle device - 4 three inch pointed pieces of wood with burned markings

Descriptions

Inventory Description Unclassified tools, 4 carved wood points, halved, burnt decoration

Classification

Tools

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Botswana
Africa / Namibia

Additional Geographic Terms Southwest Africa: vicitiny of Gautsche Pan, approximately 20 miles west of Kai Kai

Materials Wood

Dimensions Overall: 7.9 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm (3 1/8 x 1 1/16 x 11/16 in.)

Quantity 4

Label on object 58-43-50/10313

Provenance

Expedition Peabody Museum Southwest Africa Expedition (1958)

Collector John Marshall (09/17/1958)

Collector Robert G. Gardner (09/17/1958)

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