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Orampo beer bowl
Object Number 72-20-50/6757
Display Title Orampo beer bowl
Descriptions
Object Description Beer bowl
Inventory Description Wood, ladle, carved handle with pointed tip, cracks
Classification
  • Ladle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Herero
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 33.5 x 11.5 x 8 cm (13 3/16 x 4 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 6757
Provenance
Collector South African Museum
Donor Museum of Comparative Zoology (1872)

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