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Object Number 22-2-50/B3465
Display Title Remedies: "pot is made of hollowed-out mit-like fruit of tree
Descriptions
Object Description Remedies: "pot is made of hollowed-out mit-like fruit of tree the different ingredients are kept covered with palm oil to absorb their healing properties.
Inventory Description Carved gourd bowl, filled with seeds, shells, fiber, bark, metal.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Bowl
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 11.5 x 19.5 x 19 cm (4 1/2 x 7 11/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Quantity 79
Label on object B3465

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