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Object Number 37-77-50/2559
Display Title Calabash, trading woman's snuff box
Descriptions
Object Description Trading woman's snuff box (calabash) out of which she retails small amounts for vegetables and other foodstuffs
Inventory Description Gourd container, round, w/ cutout gourd lid, sewn wood cylindrical neck, veg fi
Classification
  • Gourd
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mandingo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Dimensions Overall: 22.3 x 24 x 25.2 cm (8 3/4 x 9 7/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 37-77-50/2559
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)

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