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Object Number
79-80-50/20084
Display Title
Gourd flask containing powder
Descriptions
Object Description
Gourd flask containing powder
Inventory Description
Gourd stem container, hollow, wood plug 1 end, gourd disk at other, powder insid
Classification
- Gourd
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Tanzania
/
Mumomazy
Additional Geographic Terms
Mumomazy; Mnyamwezi, same as; Lake Victoria, S of; Tuaganik, 9.25.34 w.c.
Materials
Gourd, Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 11.3 x 4.4 x 7 cm (4 7/16 x 1 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
20.084/ Monomazy/ country
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Charles Pickering
(1843-1844)
Donor
Mrs. Charles Pickering
(1879)
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