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Object Number 973-16-50/11490
Display Title Metal spring, with pointed shanks
Descriptions
Indigenous Term puditch
Inventory Description Spring, coiled spring with two long pointed extensions on both ends
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hamar
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ethiopia
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 11.5 x 2.3 x 0.6 cm (4 1/2 x 7/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 11490
Provenance
Donor Robert G. Gardner

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