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Object Number
990-5-50/12229
Display Title
Drinking Straw
Descriptions
Object Description
Drinking straw.
Inventory Description
Carved wooden tube, plain.
Classification
- Tools
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hutu?
- Tutsi?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Rwanda
/
Butare
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 35.5 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm (14 x 5/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
990-5-50/12229; 1.675d
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Helen Codere
(1959-1960 - 05/15/90)
Donor
Dr. Helen Codere
(1959-1960 - 05/15/90)
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