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Gourd with feather stopper
Gourd with feather stopper
Object Number 35-31-50/1256
Display Title Gourd with feather stopper
Descriptions
Inventory Description Gourd bottle, painted, fiber cord at neck, stuffed with feathers.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Bottle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa
  • Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Gourd, Feather, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 27 x 10.1 x 10.3 cm (10 5/8 x 4 x 4 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-31-50/1256

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