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Large gourd bottle
Object Number 34-91-50/839
Display Title Large gourd bottle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Gourd jar, rounded body, broken.
Classification
  • Jar
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Maragoli
  • Hamite
  • Tereki
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Kenya / Western Province / Kakamega / Kaimosi
Materials Gourd
Dimensions Overall: 26.7 x 17 x 17.6 cm (10 1/2 x 6 11/16 x 6 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 34-91-50/839

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