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Wooden mortar (kilingi)
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Object Number 39-39-50/3671
Display Title Wooden mortar (kilingi)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term kilingi
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bwamba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms Bundibugyo; Fort Portal, 40 miles west of

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