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Object Number 61-53-70/3957
Display Title Fu (carved bamboo horn)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Mfui
Object Description Carved bamboo horn. 48.5 cm.
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Asmat
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia / Western New Guinea / Irian Jaya / New Guinea / Village of Otsjanep
Dimensions Overall: 49 x 9 cm (19 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.)

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