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Medicine bag
Object Number 30-36-50/B4859
Display Title Medicine bag
Descriptions
Inventory Description Cotton bundle, rectangular, blue and brown striped, tied 1 end with blue cotton.
Classification
  • Medicine bundle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mano
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Additional Geographic Terms Liberia, Interior
Materials Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 9.3 x 3 x 1.5 cm (3 11/16 x 1 3/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B4859
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1930)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1930)

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