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Object Number
39-39-50/3532
Display Title
Wooden mallet, corrugated cylinder with 10" handle, used for beating bark(sangu)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
sangu
Inventory Description
Mallet, cylindrical head, corrugated, multiple cracks, cylindrical handle, cracked
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Bwamba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms
Bundibugyo; Fort Portal, 40 miles west of
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 40 × 8.1 × 8.4 cm (15 3/4 × 3 3/16 × 3 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
39-39-50/3532; ED/P 1-1-50/36
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