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Object Number 13-24-60/84964
Display Title Holder and sharpened bamboo sticks
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stakes, bamboo, sharpened and burnt tips, inside cylindrical basket
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / India / Assam
Dimensions Overall: 38.3 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm (15 1/16 x 7/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 30
Label on object 84964

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