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Object Number
39-39-50/4068
Display Title
Wallet - fur covered leather sewn with grass ("butosa")
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
butosa
Inventory Description
Pouch, hide, seams sewn withvegetable fiber, 3-tie and loop closure
Classification
- Pouch
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Banyaruanda
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms
Uganda, Southwest: Kigezi District: Nyakabande; Lake Mutanda, near
Materials
Hide, Animal hair, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 8.1 x 6.8 x 5.4 cm (3 3/16 x 2 11/16 x 2 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
39-39-50/4068
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