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Turkana

Gourd Vessel Covered with Leather

Turkana, 1933-1966

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Turkana

Gourd Vessel Covered with Leather

Turkana, 1933-1966

Physical Qualities Gourd, leather, wood, fiber, resin, 30 x 19.5 x 18 cm.
Credit Line Gift of Carolyn Barnes, Alexandria, Virginia, in Memory of Murvil and Katherine Barnes
Object Number 1998.589
Gourd vessel covered with leather with wooden stopper attached by leather thongs; neck attached to body with braided fiber and covered with resin.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1998; collected by donor in northern Kenya between 1970-1974 while on assignment for USAID.
VANISHING AFRICA, pp. 142-143.

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