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Object Number 35-31-50/1290
Display Title Cure for dropsy - horn containing the medicine (nos. 1290a-g)
Descriptions
Object Description Cure for dropsy - horn containing the medicine (nos. 1290a-g)
Inventory Description Medicine bundle, hollow horn, curved
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Medicine bundle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa
  • Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Horn
Dimensions Overall: 29 x 9 x 4.2 cm (11 7/16 x 3 9/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-31-50/1290

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