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Object Number
975-32-50/11926
Display Title
Butter container
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Tahattint
Object Description
Butter container ("tahattint") of red and brown leather, brown cord, stopper. red fringe
Inventory Description
Container, leather covered wood(?), binding/fringe, pigmented, withstrap
Classification
- Container
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Tuareg
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Algeria
Additional Geographic Terms
Sahara region
Materials
Wood, Leather, Hide, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 38.2 x 26 x 24 cm (15 1/16 x 10 1/4 x 9 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
975-32-50/11926
Credit Line
Gift of the Estate of Lloyd Cabot Briggs, 1975
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