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Sandawe

Medicine Container

1932

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Sandawe

Medicine Container

1932

Physical Qualities Gourd, wood, glass beads, organic substances, 11 1/2 × 5 × 5 in. (29.2 × 12.7 × 12.7 cm.)
Credit Line Purchased as the gift of Elizabeth J. Himelfarb Hurwitz and Family
Object Number 2020.44
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2020; Axis Gallery, 2010; Field collected in Usandawe by Gary Van Wyk, 2010.
2013: "Shangaa: Art of Tanzania": Portland Art Museum and QCC Art Gallery
Gary Van Wyk. "Shangaa: Art of Tanzania." QCC Art Gallery Press, 2013. Page 67

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