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Wooden bark pounder
Object Number 37-98-70/714
Display Title Wooden bark pounder
Descriptions
Indigenous Term bago
Inventory Description Pounder, carved wood, cylindrical handle, head at right angle, split, square end
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch East Indies / <State> / Nias Island / Soliga / Soliga
Additional Geographic Terms Central
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 31.4 x 16.5 x 7.6 cm (12 3/8 x 6 1/2 x 3 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-98-70/714

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