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Gourd snuff bottle
Object Number 34-91-50/416
Display Title Gourd snuff bottle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bottle, gourd, wad of cotton cloth for stopper
Classification
  • Bottle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hamite
  • Masai
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda / <State> / <County> / Elgongi
Additional Geographic Terms Kenya Colony; Mt. Elgon; region of
Materials Gourd, Cotton fabric
Dimensions Overall: 8.1 x 5.4 x 5.2 cm (3 3/16 x 2 1/8 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 34-91-50/416

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