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Object Number 2000.30.17
Display Title Man's medicine
Descriptions
Object Description Man's medicine
Inventory Description Medicine bundle, 2 horns attached to bead decorated cord, fragment of cloth in 1
Classification
  • Medicine bundle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • San
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Botswana
Additional Geographic Terms Kalahari Desert; Africa, Southern
Dimensions Overall: 12.2 x 1.6 x 1.8 cm (4 13/16 x 5/8 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2000.30.17
Credit Line Gift of DeVore family
Provenance
Collector Irven DeVore (1964 - 12/19/00)
Donor Irven DeVore (1964 - 12/19/00)

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