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Medium Gourd Container
Object Number 990-5-50/12238
Display Title Medium Gourd Container
Descriptions
Object Description Medium Gourd Container
Inventory Description Container, gourd, rounded body, extended neck, flared rim, reddish-brown
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Container
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tutsi?
  • Hutu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Rwanda / Butare
Materials Gourd
Dimensions Overall: 25 x 19.5 x 19 cm (9 13/16 x 7 11/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 990-5-50/12238; 1.793
Provenance
Collector Dr. Helen Codere (1959-1960)
Donor Dr. Helen Codere (05/15/1990)

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