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Half gourd, large ("oruho")
Half gourd, large ("oruho")
Object Number 39-39-50/4368
Display Title Half gourd, large ("oruho")
Descriptions
Indigenous Term oruho
Inventory Description Container, gourd, cut in half vertically
Classification
  • Container
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Banyaruanda
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nyaruanda
Additional Geographic Terms Uganda, Southwest: Kigesi District: Nyakabande; Lake Mutanda, near
Materials Gourd
Dimensions Overall: 9.5 x 20.5 x 9 cm (3 3/4 x 8 1/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/4368

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