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Object Number 21-28-50/B2881.2
Display Title Girl's bustle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fiber bundle, sewn in middleand folded with hanging fiber strands.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Accessory
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yambasa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 23 x 5 x 4.2 cm (9 1/16 x 1 15/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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