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Object Number 35-31-50/1205
Display Title Gourd
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bottle, gourd, round body, one piece of gourd used as stopper, dark pigment
Classification
  • Bottle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa
  • Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Gourd
Dimensions Overall: 10.4 x 6.5 x 6.5 cm (4 1/8 x 2 9/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-31-50/1205

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