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Hanging frame
Object Number 08-25-50/73669
Display Title Hanging frame
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tool, hanging device, woven fiber ring with 4 long braided fiber cords attached
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mombasa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Kenya
Additional Geographic Terms Mombasa District
Materials Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 20 x 20 x 3.3 cm (7 7/8 x 7 7/8 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 08-25-50/73669

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