Object Details
Donor Name
Neville Chittick
Notes
From card: "Rectangular wood base with inlaid circles of ivory dots. A wire is strung between columns fixed to the ends. On the wire are strung 30 small ivory pegs separated by two black ones into 3 "decades." Called besabu ya mwezi."
Record Last Modified
30 Apr 2018
Specimen Count
1
Accession Date
29 Aug 1968
Accession Number
272775
USNM Number
E409941-0
Object Type
Calendar
Place
Kenya, Africa
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Data Source
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
Topic
Ethnology
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmnhanthropology_8440236