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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 80394, member: 55"]The one I linked is listed as wood also, or "carved from a big seed" whatever that means - might mean gourd, I suppose. I claim no knowledge of African items, but I found a number of African wood containers with similar decoration, similar strapping, and also evidence of old repairs.</p><p> It does have some similarity to Ethiopian milk jugs but I'd trust the fact that it smells like tobacco as an indication of past use.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 80394, member: 55"]The one I linked is listed as wood also, or "carved from a big seed" whatever that means - might mean gourd, I suppose. I claim no knowledge of African items, but I found a number of African wood containers with similar decoration, similar strapping, and also evidence of old repairs. It does have some similarity to Ethiopian milk jugs but I'd trust the fact that it smells like tobacco as an indication of past use.[/QUOTE]
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