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Object Number 30-66-50/H1334
Display Title Nyegenyege (medicine)
Descriptions
Object Description Nyegenyege, medicine to avert pregnancy
Inventory Description Wood stick fragments
Classification
  • Wood
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Wanyamwezi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Tanzania
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 8.4 x 1.2 x 1.7 cm (3 5/16 x 1/2 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 6

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