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Object Number
990-5-50/12230
Display Title
Drinking Straw
Descriptions
Object Description
Drinking straw
Inventory Description
Tool, reed tube, long
Classification
- Tools
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hutu?
- Tutsi?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Rwanda
/
Butare
Materials
Reed, Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 31.63 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm (12 7/16 x 1/4 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
990-5-50/12230; 1.675e
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Helen Codere
(1959-1960 - 05/15/90)
Donor
Dr. Helen Codere
(1959-1960 - 05/15/90)
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