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Object Number 973-16-50/11508
Display Title Horn container for feathers, skin cap, large end open
Descriptions
Indigenous Term sile koti
Inventory Description Container, horn hide cover at one end, grooved around tip
Classification
  • Container
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hamar
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ethiopia
Materials Horn, Leather
Dimensions Overall: 43.7 x 20.4 x 9.9 cm (17 3/16 x 8 1/16 x 3 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 973-16-50/11508, 115
Provenance
Donor Robert G. Gardner

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