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Water jar
Object Number 76-3-50/8923.1
Display Title Water jar
Descriptions
Inventory Description Jar, ceramic, rounded base, ridged midsection, incised deco, fiber cord
Classification
  • Jar
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Tanzania / Zanzibar
Materials Ceramic, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 27 x 29 x 28 cm (10 5/8 x 11 7/16 x 11 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 8923/ 76-3-50/8923/ Zanzibar,/ East Africa
Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1876
Provenance
Collector Unknown
Seller Unknown (1876)

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