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Object Number 34-91-50/997
Display Title Vermicelli maker of wood
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden press, wood base, metal sieve on bottom, wooden handle
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hamitic
  • Swahili
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Kenya / <State> / Lamu Island / Lamu
Materials Wood, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 62 x 11.3 x 21 cm (24 7/16 x 4 7/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 34-91-50/997

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