Box of shells
- Museum number:
- 5-13463.2
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm210513463@2e2
- Description:
- box of cowrie shells, "part of" figure (per note on box), 7/19/12, AT
- Collection place:
- Nigeria
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
- Culture or time period:
- Yoruba
- Collector:
- Abdul K. Disu
- Collection date:
- unknown
- Materials:
- Cotton (textile) and Wood (plant material)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Boxes (containers)
- Function:
- 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Dimensions:
- height 71.5 centimeters
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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