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Object Number 99-12-30/53141.2
Display Title Calabash vessels
Descriptions
Inventory Description Small gourd bowl, incised decoration on exterior
Classification
  • Bowl
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Guyana
South America / British Guiana
Materials Gourd
Dimensions Overall: 9 x 19 cm (3 9/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 99-12-30/53141.2
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor L. Cushing Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton

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