Half-gourd vessel

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Object Number 34-91-50/986

Display Title Half-gourd vessel

Descriptions

Inventory Description Bowl, hollowed gourd half, one end tapered, perforated with string, cracked

Classification

Raw Material
Bowl

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Wataita

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Kenya

Additional Geographic Terms Taita; Mt. Mbololo; Voi, 10 miles from

Materials Gourd, Vegetable fiber

Dimensions Overall: 12 x 22.5 x 24 cm (4 3/4 x 8 7/8 x 9 7/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 34-91-50/986

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