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Mongongo nuts
Object Number 2000.30.30
Display Title Mongongo nuts
Descriptions
Object Description Mongongo nuts
Inventory Description Mongongo nuts, whole nuts and nut meat in 1 bag, shells and debris in other bag
Classification
  • Floral
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • San
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Botswana
Additional Geographic Terms Kalahari Desert; Africa, Southern
Materials Mongongo nut
Dimensions Overall: 3.3 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm (1 5/16 x 1 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1 bag nuts, 1 bag shells
Label on object 2000.30.30
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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