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Hollow log beehive
Object Number 34-91-50/426
Display Title Hollow log beehive
Descriptions
Object Description Hollow log beehive and stopper
Inventory Description Container, hollowed log, split in two, stopper for one end
Classification
  • Container
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hamite
  • Masai
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda / <State> / <County> / Elgongi
Additional Geographic Terms Kenya Colony; Mt. Elgon; region of
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 95 x 30.6 x 27 cm (37 3/8 x 12 1/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 34-91-50/426

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