Child's string ball ("kwa mpira webirere")

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Object Number 39-39-50/4111

Display Title Child's string ball ("kwa mpira webirere")

Descriptions

Indigenous Term kwa mpira webirere

Inventory Description Cord, ball of twisted fiber string and strips of fiber

Classification

Cords
Raw Material

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Banyaruanda

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Uganda

Additional Geographic Terms Uganda, Southwest: Kigezi District: Nyakabande; Lake Mutanda, near

Materials Vegetable fiber

Dimensions Overall: 11.5 x 10.8 x 9.2 cm (4 1/2 x 4 1/4 x 3 5/8 in.)

Quantity 1

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