Gourd container

Gourd container, ovoid body with circular stopper hole

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Gourd container, ovoid body with circular stopper hole
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Gourd container, ovoid body with circular stopper hole, cylindrical plaited grass stopper, used for drugs and salt, North African, 1880-1920

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A651682
Materials:
gourd, stopper, bark and stopper, grass
Measurements:
height 77 mm
with stopper: height 102 mm
diameter 63 mm
type:
container