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Tube or Finial
Object Number 990-5-50/12189
Display Title Tube or Finial
Descriptions
Object Description Tube or Finial
Inventory Description Ornament, carved wooden cylindrical implement, hollow, incised, painted.
Classification
  • Ornament
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hutu?
  • Tutsi?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Rwanda / Butare
Materials Wood, Pigment, Paint
Dimensions Overall: 34 x 3 x 2.9 cm (13 3/8 x 1 3/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 990-5-50/12189
Provenance
Collector Dr. Helen Codere (1959-1960 - 05/15/90)
Donor Dr. Helen Codere (1959-1960 - 05/15/90)

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