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Carved Monolith (atal)

Arts of Africa

CULTURE Ejagham (Bakor linguistic area)
MEDIUM Basaltic stone
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS
DATES 16th century?
DIMENSIONS 31 x 8 x 7 in. (78.7 x 20.5 x 18.0 cm)
COLLECTIONS Arts of Africa
ACCESSION NUMBER 77.83
CREDIT LINE Gift of Georges Rodrigues in memory of Dr. Mino Badner
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
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