Bark Beater
AF917
From: Zaire | Cameroon | Belgian Congo | Bangala District | Upper Sanaga River
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF917 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Budja | Baya | Ngombe |
| Provenience | Zaire | Cameroon | Belgian Congo | Bangala District | Upper Sanaga River |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Ivory |
| Description | Ivory bark cloth beater. Lower part (less than half) has incised textured grid. The old label has Baja ( i.e. Baya). Torday changed this in the original entry Budja (i. e. Abudja or Abuja). Similiar to AF916 |
| Height | 4.5 cm |
| Length | 20.5 cm |
| Width | 4 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 45 - Field No SF |
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