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Object Number
2011.19.35
Display Title
Gourd calabash, used for pombe
Descriptions
Object Description
Gourd calabash, used for pombe; orange in color, bulbous base, thin neck, bulbous slightly pointed head, hollow, hole at top of the head, brown cord tied around neck
Inventory Description
Gourd, bulbous body, constricted neck, slanted, round, tapered top, perforated at tip, twisted cordage tied around neck
Classification
- Bottle
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1978 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Ethiopia
Materials
Gourd Plant fiber
Dimensions
Other: 44.4 x 28.4 x 27.2 cm (17 1/2 x 11 3/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2011.19.35
Credit Line
Gift of André J. Navez, Harvard '55
Provenance
Collector
André J. Navez
(-7/19/2011)
Donor
Donated by
André J. Navez
(-7/19/2011)
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