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Object Number 973-16-50/11475
Display Title Container (wood?), in leather sheath, wood plug, leather strap with metal beads
Descriptions
Indigenous Term kankal
Object Description Container (wood?), in leather sheath, wood plug, leather strap with metal beads attached. Length 3 1/2"
Inventory Description Container, wood, ovate, hide covered, wood stopped, strap with metal tubes
Classification
  • Container
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hamar
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ethiopia
Dimensions Overall: 10.2 x 5.1 x 4.9 cm (4 x 2 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 973-16-50/11475
Provenance
Donor Robert G. Gardner

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