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Object Number
30-65-50/H1428
Display Title
Hoe handle with cowries
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Wooden hoe, tapered one end, carved handle, cowrie shell decoration.
Classification
- Hoe
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Shatt
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Sudan
/
Bahr al Ghazal
Additional Geographic Terms
Bahr al Ghazal, West; Deim Zebair
Materials
Wood, Shell, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 48 x 13.5 x 9 cm (18 7/8 x 5 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
30-65-50/H1421
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Raw Material
Mask |
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| |
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|
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| |
| 13-34-70/85249 | Necklace with cowries, boar's tusk |
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|
Vanuatu
| |
| 17-41-50/B1976 | Belt with cowries |
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|
Congo
| |
| 2003.1.1007 | Shells, 3 cowries w/cut tops, flat spiral shells of varying sizes |
Shell
| ||
| 17-41-50/B1959 | Wristlet set with cowries |
Bracelet
|
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| |
| 34-28-50/202 | Butter basket and cowries |
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|
Abyssinia
| |
| 34-91-50/403 | 4 leather belts sewn with cowries |
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|
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| |
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|
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| |
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Ornament
|
Liberia
| |
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Pouch
|
Indonesia
New Guinea | |
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Hoe
|
Cameroon
|