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Anthropomorphic medicine container buffalo bone

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Anthropomorphic medicine container buffalo bone

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Anthropomorphic medicine container buffalo bone 17 cm (inches 6.6") weight: 60 g Traditional container, made in buffalo bone, used by Atoni people to carry herbal medicines, with an anthropomorphic wooden stopper. Decorated with crocodiles and geometrical motifs. Field collected in Soe area during my recent trip to West Timor in spring 2018.

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