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Small gourd with short, jar-like neck ("igichuma")
Small gourd with short, jar-like neck ("igichuma")
Object Number 39-39-50/4379
Display Title Small gourd with short, jar-like neck ("igichuma")
Descriptions
Indigenous Term igichuma
Inventory Description Jar, gourd, large rounded body, constricted neck
Classification
  • Jar
  • 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: 15 x 13.5 x 13 cm (5 7/8 x 5 5/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/4379

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