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"Suckling child"-bottle shaped wooden object, hemp cord around "neck", feather a
"Suckling child"-bottle shaped wooden object, hemp cord around "neck", feather a
Object Number 39-39-50/3951
Display Title "Suckling child"-bottle shaped wooden object, hemp cord around "neck", feather a
Descriptions
Indigenous Term meli
Object Description Bean; "Suckling child"-bottle shaped wooden object, hemp cord around "neck", feather and bean on top (meli)
Inventory Description Wooden object, bottle shaped, cylindrical, carved linear designs, smaller cylindrical top
Classification
  • Unclassified
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bwamba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms Bundibugyo; Fort Portal, 40 miles west of
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 28.5 × 6.8 × 7.1 cm (11 1/4 × 2 11/16 × 2 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/3951

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