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Object Number
51-60-50/8843
Display Title
4 twigs of Gabita Ohewa (Herero name) - used for washing
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Twig, bent at one end.
Classification
- Wood
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- San
- Herero
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms
Epata, 80 mi. east of; Eiseb, along
Materials
Twig
Dimensions
Overall: 13.3 x 0.1 x 0.1 cm (5 1/4 x 1/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Expedition
Peabody Museum Expedition
(Summer 1951)
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