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Clap Stick
Object Number 96-25-70/49481.1
Display Title Clap Stick
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stick, cylindrical carved wood, rounded ends
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Queensland
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 38 x 3.2 x 3.1 cm (14 15/16 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49481.1
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1896)
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz (1896)

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