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1936.16.27

Mussel shell used in pottery making.

1936.16.27

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Collection type
Object
Description
Mussel shell used in pottery making.
Geographical reference
Somalia
Africa > Eastern Africa > Somalia
Cultural groups
Somali
Rahanwiin
Person
Field collector Diana Powell-Cotton
PRM source Diana Powell-Cotton
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1935
Date collected
1934 - 1935
Acquisition information
Donated: 1936
Materials and processes
Material Mussel Shell
Dimensions
Length: max 86 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1936.16.27 Other numbers: 1001
Research and responses

According to the Ethnologue Online, the Rahanwiin (Rahanweyn) are a large clan confederacy in southern Somalia. [CW 10/5/2000]

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