FMNH 209424.1

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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History. | 22-50 | Country Africa | Locality Nigeria Isegin | People Yoruba. Sudanic Stock | Name Wooden bellows for blacksmith. Wooden chambers C. D. communicate through X with tubes at B. These tubes of wood project into clay tubes which enter fire. | Collection Frederick H. Rawson- Field Museum Ethnological Expedition to W. Africa W.D. Hambly, Collector | Notes Skin part of bellows in poison room | Width 22 cm | Length 54 cm | Height | Price [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 209424 | 1256 | [ILLUSTRATION] B C X D | Acc. 1849
Catalog Number: 209424.1
Description: bellows
Materials: wood, skin, hair or fur, clay
Cultural Attribution: Yoruba
Accession Number: [1849] Frederick H. Rawson-Field Museum Ethnological Expedition to West Africa - Angola and Nigeria - 1929 (Expedition)
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City/Town: Iseyin
Collector/Source: Frederick H. Rawson-Field Museum Ethnological Expedition to West Africa - Angola and Nigeria - 1929, W. D. Hambly
EMu IRN: 3513553
GUID: 04a69c21-100d-464d-a406-d8c0fa5f5b81

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