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Calabash vessel
Object Number 99-12-30/53143
Display Title Calabash vessel
Descriptions
Inventory Description Gourd bowl with incised exterior decoration
Classification
  • Bowl
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Guyana
South America / British Guiana
Materials Gourd
Dimensions Overall: 13 x 28 cm (5 1/8 x 11 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53143
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor L. Cushing Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton

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