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Object Number 60-9-50/10208
Display Title Stick-like wooden club with carved top
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden staff, rounded, incised top, pigmented.
Classification
  • Staff
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon?
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 54.5 x 4.7 x 3.2 cm (21 7/16 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 60-9-50/10208

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