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Fetish made from wood, grass and clay. The clay forms a bulbous end with two pieces of wood coming out. The wood is roughly round in cross section with one piece longer than the other. There is a piece of string made from grass near the bottom of the pieces of wood, tying the two pieces of wood together.
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