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Object Number
11-46-50/83148
Display Title
Witch doctor's basket
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Basket, plaited base, double wrapped rim, rounded base, straight sides
Classification
- Medicine bundle
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Umbundu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Angola
Additional Geographic Terms
Benquilla, 300 mi east of
Materials
Plant fiber, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 8.4 x 8.3 x 23.5 cm (3 5/16 x 3 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
83148
Credit Line
Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1911
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