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Object Number
34-91-50/891
Display Title
Snuff box of ivory and wood with chain attached
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Wood bottle with gourd sheath, ivory neck, hide plug tethered with chain
Classification
- Bottle
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Maragoli?
- Tereki?
- Hamite?
- Akamba?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Kenya
/
Ukamba
/
<County>
/
Kibwezi
Dimensions
Overall: 14 x 4.2 x 4.3 cm (5 1/2 x 1 5/8 x 1 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
34-91-50/891
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