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Oxen horn for storage ("ihembi")
Oxen horn for storage ("ihembi")
Object Number 39-39-50/4137
Display Title Oxen horn for storage ("ihembi")
Descriptions
Indigenous Term ihembi
Inventory Description Horn, dark brown, slightly curved, tapered to point
Classification
  • Horn
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Banyaruanda
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms Uganda, Southwest: Kigezi District: Nyakabande; Lake Mutanda, near
Materials Horn
Dimensions Overall: 9.5 × 64 × 8.5 cm (3 3/4 × 25 3/16 × 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/4137; ED/P 1-1-50/59

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