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Object Number 92-21-50/51040
Display Title Ivory club
Descriptions
Object Description Elephant ivory club. An incised criss-cross pattern covers a 16cm area at the proximal end.
Inventory Description Beater, cross hatched end, blunt cut, round shaft handle
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Dimensions Overall: 32 x 6.6 x 5.6 cm (12 5/8 x 2 5/8 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 92-21-50/51040
Provenance
Donor Donated by F. R. Kaldenberg

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