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Object Number
21-24-50/B2339
Display Title
"Esissa" (luziba longuage) from kizaba - used for a towel to dry hands; 1 slug f
Descriptions
Object Description
"Esissa" (luziba longuage) from kizaba - used for a towel to dry hands; 1 slug for use in gun
Inventory Description
Whisk, dried grasses, bundled, tied at one end w/ woven checkered grass, dark br
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Tanganyika
Additional Geographic Terms
East Victoria Nyanza; Bukoba district of ex-German East Africa
Materials
Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 50 x 14 x 6 cm (19 11/16 x 5 1/2 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
21-24-50/B2339
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