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Object Number 990-5-50/12234
Display Title Gorget
Descriptions
Object Description Gorget
Inventory Description Gorget, fragmentary, carved wood, shell, rawhide strips.
Classification
  • Gorget
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tutsi?
  • Hutu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Rwanda / Butare
Dimensions Overall: 66 x 42 x 4 cm (26 x 16 9/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity Object is segregated into five compartments within one tray
Label on object 990-5-50/12234
Provenance
Collector Dr. Helen Codere (1959-1960 - 05/15/90)
Donor Dr. Helen Codere (1959-1960 - 05/15/90)

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