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Object Number 30-66-50/H1327
Display Title Mufila (medicine)
Descriptions
Object Description Mufila, medicine used to avert pregnancy
Inventory Description Wood stick fragments
Classification
  • Wood
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Wanyamwezi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Tanzania
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 9.7 x 1.7 x 1.8 cm (3 13/16 x 11/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 5

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