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Object Number
29-75-50/H895
Display Title
Perfume gourd filled with fragrant bark
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Gourd, round body, central hole on top, incised and painted triangular designs, powder substance inside
Classification
- Gourd
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Liberia
Intrasite
In front of house on Gov't Barracks
Materials
Gourd Pigment Bark?
Dimensions
Overall: 9.6 x 9.5 x 7.7 cm (3 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 3 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
H895
Provenance
Collector
Dr. George W. Harley
(1927)
Seller
Dr. George W. Harley
(1927-1929)
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