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Bunga's wooden powder horn covered with pig's bladder
Bunga's wooden powder horn covered with pig's bladder
Object Number 48-36-50/7298
Display Title Bunga's wooden powder horn covered with pig's bladder
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden flask, oval with tapered neck, notched, peeling outer layer.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Flask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mano
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Materials Wood, Animal bladder
Dimensions Overall: 12.4 x 5.6 x 5.6 cm (4 7/8 x 2 3/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48-36-50/7298
Provenance
Donor Dr. George W. Harley

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