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Object Number
34-91-50/523
Display Title
Beehive opener made of wood
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Unclassified tool, carved wood, handle tapered to point, paddle, concave shape,
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hamite
- Maragoli
- Tereki
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Kenya
/
Western Province
/
Kakamega
/
Kaimosi
Materials
Wood, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 35.2 x 6.2 x 3.1 cm (13 7/8 x 2 7/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
34-91-50/523
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PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
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| 34-91-50/524 | Beehive opener made of wood |
Tools
|
Kaimosi
| |
| 34-91-50/522 | Beehive opener made of wood |
Tools
|
Kaimosi
| |
| 40-65-50/5117 | Wood carving of native hunter preparing a beehive |
Figurine
Raw Material |
Africa
| |
| 995-29-30/11685 | Carved bone letter opener |
Tools
|
Brazil
| |
| 47-44-50/6170 | Large bark beehive which is placed in the crotch of various types of trees |
Container
|
Africa
| |
| 34-91-50/426 | Hollow log beehive |
Container
|
Elgongi
| |
| 2004.24.14560 | Beehive at Kaburomi, Mount Elgon |
Uganda
| ||
| 2004.24.14551 | Beehives at Kaburomi, Mount Elgon |
Uganda
| ||
| 995-29-20/27352 | Silver letter opener |
Knife
|
Mexico
| |
| 995-29-20/27351 | Silver letter opener |
Knife
|
Mexico
| |
| 2008.11.1.3 | Letter opener with carved male head; 3 of 4 |
Knife
|
Central African Republic
| |
| 2008.11.1.2 | Letter opener with carved female head; 2 of 4 |
Knife
|
Central African Republic
|