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Object Number
35-31-50/1215
Display Title
3 shells full of medicine
Descriptions
Object Description
Shells full of medicine
Inventory Description
Bottle, 3 shells, conical and spiral, stuffed with cotton cloth/vegetable fiber
Classification
- Bottle
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Basa
- Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
Cameroon, southern
Materials
Shell, Vegetable fiber, Cotton fabric
Dimensions
Overall: 8 x 3.8 x 3.4 cm (3 1/8 x 1 1/2 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
35-31-50/1215
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