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50-38-1

From: Somalia

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 50-38-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Somalia
Section African
Materials Leather
Description

Rhinoceros hide. Circular; conical, distorted. Outside ornamented with concentric bands of: triangles of which the vertical ones are cross-hatched, the pendant one plain; parallel encircling lines; fine cross-hatching. Heavy loop on back.

Height 18 cm
Outside Diameter 50 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. D. Moreau Barringer, 1950

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