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Ostrich eggshell water container, opening stuffed with reeds.
Ostrich eggshell water container, opening stuffed with reeds.
Object Number 971-2-50/11597
Display Title Ostrich eggshell water container, opening stuffed with reeds.
Descriptions
Indigenous Term T'sun!u
Inventory Description Water container, ostrich egg, speckled, budle of vegetable fiber in hole at one
Classification
  • Container
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Kalahari Desert
Materials Ostrich egg, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 12.2 x 15.9 x 12 cm (4 13/16 x 6 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 971-2-50/11597; 3 [torn label]; ##-164 [torn label]
Provenance
Collector John Yellen (04/1968-08/1970)

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