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Water flask
Object Number 67-9-50/91
Display Title Water flask
Descriptions
Inventory Description Jar, leather covered gourd, pigmented and ridged leather, straps and loops
Classification
  • Jar
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Africa, Western
Materials Gourd, Leather, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 36.7 x 14.4 x 16.2 cm (14 7/16 x 5 11/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 67-9-50/91; 91/BA
Provenance
Collector G. Hunter, Esq.
Donor Boston Athenaeum (1867)

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