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Object Number
973-42-50/11707
Display Title
"Gaffa": horn end, used to make small drinking glasses for spirits, and such too
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Gaffa
Object Description
"Gaffa": horn end, used to make small drinking glasses for spirits, and such tools as spindles. This protion of horn also used to make earrings.
Inventory Description
Horn implement, 1 end of horn, solid, partially drilled at flared end.
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1972
Culture
- Machagalla
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Ethiopia
/
Northern Wallega
Additional Geographic Terms
Lemu; Gidda Kiramu; Hero Guduru; Awaraja
Materials
Horn
Dimensions
Overall: 7.4 x 4.6 x 4.6 cm (2 15/16 x 1 13/16 x 1 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
973-42-50/11707
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