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Object Number
31-49-60/D3814
Display Title
Ivory insignia of office
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Staff, curved ivory scepter, squared ends, tapered, polished, cracked
Classification
- Staff
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
China
/
Szechuan Province
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 41 x 4.5 x 0.8 cm (16 1/8 x 1 3/4 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D/3814
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Tanzania
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Tanganyika
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| |
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Samoa? | |
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|
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| |
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| |
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Skirt
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Raw Material
Ornament |
Paraguay
|