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Object Number 49-14-50/7884
Display Title Baby's small milk gourd. Kawako
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Kawako
Inventory Description Gourd container, round body, side hole, narrow curved neck, growth at int.
Classification
  • Gourd
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Misuku
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms Misuku Mountains; Wilindi Forest, near
Materials Gourd
Dimensions Overall: 8.7 x 5 x 5.2 cm (3 7/16 x 1 15/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
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