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"Male" bone from large red deer, it belongs in witch doctor's pouch #6194
"Male" bone from large red deer, it belongs in witch doctor's pouch #6194
Object Number 47-44-50/6197
Display Title "Male" bone from large red deer, it belongs in witch doctor's pouch #6194
Descriptions
Object Description "Male" bone from large red deer, it belongs in witch doctor's pouch #6194
Inventory Description Medicine bundle, worked bone, pigment and traces of corrosion, cracked
Classification
  • Medicine bundle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Inhambane
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Portuguese East Africa: Inhambane, vicinity of
Materials Bone, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 3.7 x 2.1 x 2.3 cm (1 7/16 x 13/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-44-50/6197; 7

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