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Object Number 39-39-50/4425
Display Title Paddle-shaped stick ("buhiri")
Descriptions
Indigenous Term buhiri
Inventory Description Tool, carved wood, flared top, cracked
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Banyaruanda
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nyaruanda
Additional Geographic Terms Uganda, Southwest: Kigesi District: Nyakabande; Lake Mutanda, near
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 67.5 x 7.5 x 4.5 cm (26 9/16 x 2 15/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/4425

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