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Object Number 2004.24.24208C
Display Title Clay oil Gbu
Descriptions
Object Description Clay oil Gbu - for holding oil with which natives oil themselves
Keywords
  • Studio
  • Household
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Gbu
  • Clay
  • Pot
Department Photographic
Date 1965
Artist Joya Hairs
Culture
  • Mum
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Highlands
Dimensions Overall: 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.)

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