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Object Number 30-32-50/B4500
Display Title Gourd (lupindi)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Gourd container, round with curved neck, 2 perforations, fiber tie at top.
Classification
  • Container
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Wanyakusa
  • Mwaya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Tanzania / Mwaya
Additional Geographic Terms Tanganyika Territory
Materials Gourd, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 26 x 19 x 19 cm (10 1/4 x 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B4500

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