Wooden milk jar

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Object Number 29-43-50/B4742

Display Title Wooden milk jar

Descriptions

Inventory Description Jar, carved wooden jar w/ lid, egg shape, flat bottom, perforated node, cracked

Classification

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Bantu speaking peoples
Zulu

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa

Additional Geographic Terms Africa, South central

Materials Wood

Dimensions Overall: 26.4 x 21 x 21 cm (10 3/8 x 8 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 29-43-50/B4742

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