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Canes with carved human heads
Canes with carved human heads
Object Number 20-33-40/D1604
Display Title Canes with carved human heads
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden staff, long stick, curved at one end, carved human head, incised
Classification
  • Staff
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Yugoslavia / Bosnia?
Materials Wood, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 94 x 14.2 x 4.7 cm (37 x 5 9/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D1604, 91-Q / 63

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