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Object Number 17-41-50/B1990
Display Title Plaited grass belt
Descriptions
Inventory Description Belt, woven vegetable fiber, tied at ends, fibers separated (tasseled)
Classification
  • Belt
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Dimensions Overall: 94 x 6.1 x 3.2 cm (37 x 2 3/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-1990

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