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Wooden pestle (mandi)
Object Number 39-39-50/3676
Display Title Wooden pestle (mandi)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term mandi
Inventory Description Pestle, carved wood, phallic, cracked
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Pestle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bwamba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms Bundibugyo; Fort Portal, 40 miles west of
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 44.5 x 5.5 x 5.4 cm (17 1/2 x 2 3/16 x 2 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/3676
Provenance
Collector Dr. Arthur K. Loveridge (1938-1939)
Seller Dr. Arthur K. Loveridge (05/05/1939)

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