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Small wooden milk jug ("mkongora")
Small wooden milk jug ("mkongora")
Object Number 39-39-50/4176
Display Title Small wooden milk jug ("mkongora")
Descriptions
Indigenous Term mkongora
Inventory Description Cup, carved wood, flat base
Classification
  • Cup
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Banyaruanda
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms Uganda, Southwest: Kigezi District: Nyakabande; Lake Mutanda, near
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 10.3 x 9.7 x 8.5 cm (4 1/16 x 3 13/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/4176

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