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Object Number 20-29-50/B2195.4
Display Title Tusks containing medicine
Descriptions
Inventory Description Medicine bundle, horn w. fiber cap, filled with unknown material, perforated.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Medicine bundle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bene
  • Fang
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Materials Horn, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 30 x 4.2 x 3.1 cm (11 13/16 x 1 5/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 20-29-50/B2195.4

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