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Object Number
30-32-50/B4499
Display Title
Gourd (ngonga)
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Gourd, container, bulbous, constricted in center, twisted fiber tie
Classification
- Jar
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Mwaya
- Wanyakusa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Tanzania
/
Mwaya
Additional Geographic Terms
Tanganyika Territory
Materials
Gourd
Dimensions
Overall: 19.7 x 13.2 x 13.1 cm (7 3/4 x 5 3/16 x 5 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
B4499
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30-32-50/B4498 | Gourd (ngonga) |
Jar
|
Mwaya
| |
| 30-32-50/B4499.1 | Gourd (ngonga) |
Container
|
Mwaya
| |
| 41-80-30/7841 | Small dumbbell-shaped gourd container (poporo); used to hold lime + |
Jar
Raw Material |
Colombia
| |
| 973-16-50/11445 | Gourd container, leather and bast carrying strap, incised decoration at rim 7 3/ |
Jar
|
Ethiopia
| |
| 973-16-50/11447 | Gourd container, incised decoration, skin carrying strap, approximately 10" |
Jar
|
Ethiopia
| |
| 41-80-30/7838 | Narrow mouthed gourd container |
Jar
|
Colombia
| |
| 32-61-50/B5196 | Milk gourd |
Jar
|
Madagascar
| |
| 29-4-50/H845.5 | Jar; gourd; oblong; basketry handle; twisted veg. fiber loop; broken; cracked |
Jar
|
Belgian Congo
| |
| 29-76-50/H968 | Gourd container |
Jar
|
Liberia
| |
| 88-51-10/48098 | Gourd receptacle |
Jar
|
Zuni Pueblo
| |
| 973-16-50/11474 | Gourd container, wood plug attached to leather carrying strap by bead decorated |
Jar
|
Ethiopia
| |
| 39-17-70/1276 | Gourd used as saguer (wine) container. Bits of burnt wood inside + |
Jar
|
Sainke Doek
|