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Gourd for water
Object Number 13-21-50/84677
Display Title Gourd for water
Descriptions
Inventory Description Jar, gourd, hollowed, resting in a woven and twisted reed carrier, abraded, worn
Classification
  • Jar
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Fung
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sudan
Additional Geographic Terms Blue Nile
Materials Gourd, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 49.5 x 17.7 x 19 cm (19 1/2 x 6 15/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 13-21-50/84677

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