Bark Beater
AF1762
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1762 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Marungu |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Ivory |
| Description | Ivory bark cloth beater. Cylindrical. Half of object is incised with a textured grid pattern ( carced into parallel grooves of various sizes. Dark reddish brown in color, unlike the natural color of the previous bark beaters from the collection. |
| Height | 5.3 cm |
| Length | 20 cm |
| Width | 4.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 2 - Other Number |
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