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Object Number 28-11-50/B4418
Display Title Seed pod
Descriptions
Inventory Description Seed pod, flat, curved, ovate, brown, with rattling seeds inside, 1 end broken
Classification
  • Seed
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mikese
  • Morogoro
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Tanzania / Morogoro / <County> / Mikesse
Materials Seed
Dimensions Overall: 49.3 x 10.3 x 3.1 cm (19 7/16 x 4 1/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-4418

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