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Fetish: bundle of sticks
Fetish: bundle of sticks
Object Number 99-12-50/53232
Display Title Fetish: bundle of sticks
Descriptions
Inventory Description Charm, stick bundle wrapped with vegetable fiber cord and printed cloth
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Materials Wood, Cloth, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 34.5 x 10.4 x 6.9 cm (13 9/16 x 4 1/8 x 2 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 99-12-50/53232
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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