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Milk container: carved wooden bottom; woven grass top covered with leather and d
Milk container: carved wooden bottom; woven grass top covered with leather and d
Object Number 969-43-50/11299
Display Title Milk container: carved wooden bottom; woven grass top covered with leather and d
Descriptions
Object Description Milk container: carved wooden bottom; woven grass top covered with leather and decorated with cowrie shells
Inventory Description Bucket, wood, conical leather covered basketry lid, cowrie/bead deco, straps
Classification
  • Bucket
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Doda
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ethiopia
Additional Geographic Terms Waranzu River; Robale area
Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber, Hide, Leather, Cowrie, Glass
Dimensions Overall: 28 x 21 x 19 cm (11 x 8 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 969-43-50/11299

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