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Crocodile Figurine
Object Number 990-5-50/12174
Display Title Crocodile Figurine
Descriptions
Object Description Crocodile Figurine
Inventory Description Carved wooden crocodile, pigmented, punctate.
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hutu?
  • Tutsi?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Rwanda / Butare
Materials Wood, Pigment, Paint
Dimensions Overall: 46 x 5.5 x 7.2 cm (18 1/8 x 2 3/16 x 2 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 990-5-50/12174
Provenance
Collector Dr. Helen Codere (1959-1960 - 05/15/90)
Donor Dr. Helen Codere (1959-1960 - 05/15/90)

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