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Oracle device - 4 three inch pointed pieces of wood with burned markings
Oracle device - 4 three inch pointed pieces of wood with burned markings
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
  • San
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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