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Wooden image of a dancing woman (saembu)
Wooden image of a dancing woman (saembu)
Object Number 38-108-70/1111
Display Title Wooden image of a dancing woman (saembu)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Saembu
Inventory Description Unclassified tool, wood, flat, pegged, broken curved attachment, losses
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch East Indies / <State> / Nias Island
Additional Geographic Terms South
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 51.5 x 9.8 x 7.8 cm (20 1/4 x 3 7/8 x 3 1/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 38-108-70/1111

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