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Large vintage East African Tanzanian gourd with large figural stopper.
You are looking at a fur covered Tanzanian Kwere medicine container is a hollow gourd (calabash) featuring a hand-carved woodenhuman figurestopper.
Traditional healers used these vessels to hold sacred powders,protective liquids, or ritual medicines, with the figural stopper symbolizingancestral spirits that activated the contents.
PLEASE NOTE: Many of the items we sell are vintage in nature. Please understand and expect a base line of wear. None of our items will have above average wear for their age and more often they have less. Our pictures are taken from all angles and should be considered part of the description. If it is in perfect condition we will note that in our ad.
