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Object Number 22-2-50/B3466
Display Title Remedies "spoon" for taking medicine
Descriptions
Object Description Gourd husk bowl
Inventory Description Bowl, gourd, broken, dirty,cracked, residue
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Bowl
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Gourd
Dimensions Overall: 16.2 x 11.1 x 6.1 cm (6 3/8 x 4 3/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B3466

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