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Object Number
39-39-50/3529
Display Title
Wooden mallet, corrugated cylinder with 9" handle, used for beating bard (sangu)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
sangu
Inventory Description
Mallet, cylindrical, corrugated head, cracked, cylindrical handle, cracked
Classification
- Beater
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Bwamba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms
Bundibugyo; Fort Portal, 40 miles west of
Materials
Fiber Bamboo
Dimensions
Overall: 37 × 8.6 × 8.4 cm (14 9/16 × 3 3/8 × 3 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
39-39-50/3529; ED/P 1-1-50/34
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