Sorcerer's tray with 8 points

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Object Number 24-32-50/B3730.1

Display Title Sorcerer's tray with 8 points

Descriptions

Inventory Description Tray, carved wood, long, ovoid, shallow depression, perforated with fiber string

Classification

Tray
Raw Material

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Bahutu
Bantu speaking peoples

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Uganda / <State> / <County> / <City> / Lulengo Mission

Additional Geographic Terms Uganda, Southwest

Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber

Dimensions Overall: 74 x 12.7 x 4.2 cm (29 1/8 x 5 x 1 5/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object B3730

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