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Mat bed
Object Number 05-31-50/64963
Display Title Mat bed
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Umbede
Object Description Mat bed
Inventory Description Mat, rectangular, row of fiber, sewn reed reinforcements
Classification
  • Mat
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Zulu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 154.5 × 78.3 × 0.4 cm (60 13/16 × 30 13/16 × 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 05-31-50/64963; 64963

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