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Gourd bottle and medicine (sprinkled over patients by means of a brush)
Gourd bottle and medicine (sprinkled over patients by means of a brush)
Object Number 21-28-50/B2752
Display Title Gourd bottle and medicine (sprinkled over patients by means of a brush)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Gourd bottle, perforated with twisted fiber string,filled with bark/fiber pieces
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Bottle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Materials Gourd, Fiber, Wood, Bark
Dimensions Overall: 15.5 x 10.5 x 10.5 cm (6 1/8 x 4 1/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
Quantity 50+
Label on object B2752

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