Mallet

Museum number:
5-4194
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2037
Description:
Mallet (ngudokon or ndodokom); wood; section of tree trunk modified to form mallet head and handle; 33.5 cm long.
Donor:
Paul Hinderling and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Mokolo, North Region, Cameroon
Verbatim coll. place:
N. Cameroon; Mokolo; Mafa tribe
Culture or time period:
Mafa tribe
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mallets (striking tools)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1969-1970 #103: Los Angeles Natural History Museum (April 2, 1970–July 21, 1971)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mallet, accession number 5-4194, described as Mallet (ngudokon or ndodokom); wood; section of tree trunk modified to form mallet head and handle; 33.5 cm long.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mallet, accession number 5-4194, described as Mallet (ngudokon or ndodokom); wood; section of tree trunk modified to form mallet head and handle; 33.5 cm long.

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