Stylus Fragment

2003-70-38

From: Nigeria

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 2003-70-38
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Nigeria
Section African
Materials Bone | Pigment
Technique Carved | Painted
Iconography Snake
Description

Written communication. Bone carving of a snake with black dots painted on it from the top of a bone writing stylus.

Length 7.1 cm
Width 1.6 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1993.X.1252 - Other Number

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