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Gatche - hide attachment used for oxen during plowing.
Gatche - hide attachment used for oxen during plowing.
Object Number 973-42-50/11712
Display Title Gatche - hide attachment used for oxen during plowing.
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Gatche
Inventory Description Whip, carved wooden handle, braided and wrapped root and fiber, rawhide straps
Classification
  • Whip
Department Ethnographic
Date 1972
Culture
  • Machagalla
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ethiopia / Northern Wallega
Additional Geographic Terms Horo-Guduru; Lemu; Gidda-Kiramu
Materials Fiber, Wood, Rawhide
Dimensions Overall: 48 x 15.3 x 8.5 cm (18 7/8 x 6 x 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 973-42-50/11712

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