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Title	Atubwa (wooden bowl)
Date	1954-1989
Material Type	Bowls (vessels)
Description	Wooden bowl (atubwa) with two pieces of metal-like staples on one side; bowl is oval in shape, rounded on the bottom; origin Turkana people of Kenya.
Dimensions	Length: 34 cm, Width: 14 cm, Depth: 14 cm.
Subject	Containers Bowls (Tableware) Cookery -- Africa, Sub-Saharan Turkana (African people) -- Material culture Kenya -- Civilization -- 20th century
Geographic Region	Africa Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, East Kenya
Collector	Towles, Joseph A. Turnbull, Colin M.
Collection in Repository	Joseph A. Towles Artifact Collection
Call Number	1989.001.102b
Holding Institution	Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston
Digital Collection	Avery Research Center Artifact Collection
Rights	Digital image copyright 2009, The College of Charleston Libraries. All rights reserved. For more information contact The College of Charleston Library, Charleston, SC 29424.
Media Type	Objects

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