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Object Number 990-5-50/12153
Display Title Bird Figurine
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Le Jarde-vache
Object Description Bird figurine
Inventory Description Carved wooden bird figure, incised, pigmented, head at unnatural angle.
Classification
  • Figurine
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tutsi?
  • Hutu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Rwanda / Butare
Dimensions Overall: 25.2 x 8.4 x 4.2 cm (9 15/16 x 3 5/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 990-5-50/12153
Provenance
Collector Dr. Helen Codere (1959-1960 - 5/15/90)
Donor Dr. Helen Codere (1959-1960 - 5/15/90)

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