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Box containing ground red wood (lukolo bark?) - used for coloring bodies
Box containing ground red wood (lukolo bark?) - used for coloring bodies
Object Number 51-60-50/8781
Display Title Box containing ground red wood (lukolo bark?) - used for coloring bodies
Descriptions
Inventory Description Wood shavings, red
Classification
  • Wood
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • San
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Gautsche Pan; Kai Kai, 10-20 mi. west of
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 8.3 x 2.4 cm (3 1/4 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51-60-50/8781
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (Summer 1951)

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