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Object Number
41-54-50/5448
Display Title
Tooled red leather cylindrical canteen
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Jar, ovoid, leather covered, stamped and pigmented design, knobbed lid, loop
Classification
- Jar
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms
Eastern area
Materials
Gourd, Leather, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 55.3 x 10.1 x 9.9 cm (21 3/4 x 4 x 3 7/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
41-54-50/5448; African Canteen
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Heirs of David Kimball
Donor
Donated by
Mrs. Henry C. Grant
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