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Object Number
30-66-50/H1368
Display Title
Mukalakala (medicine)
Descriptions
Object Description
Mukalakala, medicine in gourd container
Inventory Description
Bottle, gourd narrows to rim, bullet casing stopper, worn surface
Classification
- Bottle
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Wanyamwezi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Tanzania
Materials
Gourd, Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 14.8 x 5.8 x 5.9 cm (5 13/16 x 2 5/16 x 2 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
30-66-50/H 1368/ MUKAKALA
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30-66-50/H1379 | Mukalakala (Msambe, medicine) |
Floral
|
Tanzania
| |
| 30-66-50/H1369 | Made by Kalialia (Lukago, medicine) |
Bottle
|
Tanzania
| |
| 29-4-50/H844 | Gourd water container |
Bottle
|
Congo
| |
| 21-28-50/B2752 | Gourd bottle and medicine (sprinkled over patients by means of a brush) |
Bottle
Raw Material |
Cameroon
| |
| 64-18-70/4168 | Water gourd (ijuak) with banana leaf plug |
Bottle
|
Indonesia
New Guinea | |
| 18-31-70/D1270 | Gourd bottle, strike-a-light holder, whetstone root fetish, etc. + |
Bottle
|
Borneo
| |
| 35-36-60/1848 | Water gourd with a wooden stopper and a cord |
Bottle
|
Thailand
| |
| 37-77-50/2642 | Poison, fire jumper's medicine - small clay cone-shaped object decorated with 4 cowrie shells |
Container
|
Liberia
| |
| 2004.16.6 | Drinking gourd, canteen |
Bottle
|
Chihuahua
| |
| 27-22-60/E3427 | Gourd bottle and root |
Bottle
|
Japan
| |
| 98-3-50/51286 | Gourd receptacle with wooden plug |
Bottle
|
Africa
| |
| 35-31-50/1205 | Gourd |
Bottle
|
Cameroon
|