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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
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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