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1940.7.206

Potting tool of mussel shell.


1940.7.206

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Collection type
Object
Description
Potting tool of mussel shell.
Geographical reference
Southern Angola Huila province Capelongo near Quipungo
Cultural groups
Cipungu
Person
Field collector Antoinette Powell-Cotton
Field collector Diana Powell-Cotton
PRM source Antoinette Powell-Cotton
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1936
Date collected
1936 - 1937
Acquisition information
Donated: 1940
Materials and processes
Material Mussel Shell
Dimensions
Length: max 86 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1940.7.206 Other numbers: 37.824

Search terms: Pottery, Tool, Potter's Tool