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Object Number
39-39-50/3658
Display Title
Wooden stool - mushroom-shaped, incised decoration (mbata)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
mbata
Inventory Description
Stool, carved wood, round base with incised linear designs, curved top, incised marks, constricted center with protrubing ridge
Classification
- Stool
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Bwamba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms
Bundibugyo; Fort Portal, 40 miles west of
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 15 × 18 × 17 cm (5 7/8 × 7 1/16 × 6 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
39-39-50/3658; ED/P; 1-1-50/6
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