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Butter gourd, "seybab"?
Object Number 14-12-50/85539
Display Title Butter gourd, "seybab"?
Descriptions
Inventory Description Gourd, container, bulbous base, long, tapered neck, red, broken
Classification
  • Container
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Gebelawin?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sudan
Materials Gourd
Dimensions Overall: 35 x 11.2 x 11.1 cm (13 3/4 x 4 7/16 x 4 3/8 in.)
Quantity 4
Label on object 14-12-50/85539

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