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Object Number 39-39-50/4431
Display Title Paddle-shaped stick - 20.75" ("buhiri")
Descriptions
Indigenous Term buhiri
Inventory Description Tool, carved wooden stick, bulbous end
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • 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: 53 x 4.8 x 3 cm (20 7/8 x 1 7/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/4431

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Paddle-shaped stick ("buhiri")
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Tools
Nyaruanda
Paddle-shaped stick - 29" ("buhiri")
39-39-50/4436 Paddle-shaped stick - 29" ("buhiri")
Paddle
Uganda
Paddle-shaped stick - 37.5" ("buhiri")
39-39-50/4433 Paddle-shaped stick - 37.5" ("buhiri")
Staff
Nyaruanda
Club-shaped stick - "buhiri"
39-39-50/4427 Club-shaped stick - "buhiri"
Club
Nyaruanda
Small stick with flat end ("buhiri")
39-39-50/4423 Small stick with flat end ("buhiri")
Raw Material
Tools
Nyaruanda
Club-shaped stick - 37", knobbed head ("buhiri")
39-39-50/4432 Club-shaped stick - 37", knobbed head ("buhiri")
Club
Nyaruanda
Club-shaped stick - head roughly triangular ("buhiri")
39-39-50/4430 Club-shaped stick - head roughly triangular ("buhiri")
Club
Nyaruanda
Spear-shaped stick - charred design on wood, 37.5" ("buhiri")
39-39-50/4435 Spear-shaped stick - charred design on wood, 37.5" ("buhiri")
Spear
Nyaruanda
Small stick - knobbed end ("buhiri")
39-39-50/4424 Small stick - knobbed end ("buhiri")
Tools
Nyaruanda
Club-shaped stick - base of head square, top rounded ("buhiri")
39-39-50/4426 Club-shaped stick - base of head square, top rounded ("buhiri")
Club
Nyaruanda
Club-shaped stick - 23", base of head square, top conical ("buhiri")
39-39-50/4429 Club-shaped stick - 23", base of head square, top conical ("buhiri")
Club
Nyaruanda
Club-shaped stick, rough knobby wood - 32.5" ("buhiri")
39-39-50/4434 Club-shaped stick, rough knobby wood - 32.5" ("buhiri")
Club
Nyaruanda