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Object Number
29-4-50/H748.1
Display Title
Basket topped gourds
Descriptions
Object Description
Gourd bottle
Inventory Description
Bottle, gourd, woven basketry spout attached to fiber cord around neck, multiple pieces missing, cracked, taped, nails inserted
Classification
- Bottle
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Bangbangbuo?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Belgian Congo
Additional Geographic Terms
Aruwimi District; Congo, left bank of; Basoko, opposite
Materials
Gourd, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 31 × 19 × 18 cm (12 3/16 × 7 1/2 × 7 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
29-4-50/H748.1; ED/P 1-1-50/19
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