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Object Number 64-18-70/4178
Display Title Water gourd (ijuak)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Gourd container, tapering neck, cut rim, slightly faceted body
Classification
  • Container
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Oceania / Indonesia
Additional Geographic Terms Grand Valley of the Baliem River; Kutelu Area
Materials Gourd
Dimensions Overall: 56.9 x 13.5 x 13.9 cm (22 3/8 x 5 5/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64-18-70/4178

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