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Pottery musical pipes, iron mortar, fragment of celt, cowrie covered case, knife
Pottery musical pipes, iron mortar, fragment of celt, cowrie covered case, knife
Object Number 2004.24.17192
Display Title Pottery musical pipes, iron mortar, fragment of celt, cowrie covered case, knife
Descriptions
Object Description Pottery musical pipes; small iron mortar; 1;2 Fragment of iron celt; cowrie-covered case, sacred object, knife blade, hooks belonging to cowrie case; sacred wooden pot with lid. Mano Tribe: 37-77-50/2909;2933;2927. Mende Tribe: 32-49-50/53,54,55. Gio Tribe: 37-77-50/2605. See PM Papers, vol. XXXI, fig. 93 d thru k.
Subject
  • Mortar
  • Fragment
  • sacred
  • Iron
  • Celt
  • Pipe
  • Case
  • Musical
  • Pottery
  • Cowrie
Department Photographic
Date 1944
Artist Frederick P. Orchard
Culture
  • Ngere
  • Mano
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 x 12.7 cm (3 1/2 x 5 in.)

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