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Bamboo tobacco case (kobun) - bone effect is slipped into loin cloth; +
Bamboo tobacco case (kobun) - bone effect is slipped into loin cloth; +
Object Number 41-20-70/1986
Display Title Bamboo tobacco case (kobun) - bone effect is slipped into loin cloth; +
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Pensiangan Murut
Inventory Description Case and lid, bamboo, carved base and lid top, bone and shell lid ornaments
Classification
  • Case
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Pensiangan Murut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo
Additional Geographic Terms West Coast; Interior District; Pensiangan
Materials Bamboo, Plant fiber, Bone, Shell, Copper, Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 18.3 x 8.7 x 6.9 cm (7 3/16 x 3 7/16 x 2 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 41-20-70/1986

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