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Object Number 28-11-50/B4411
Display Title Potter's native-made cord for tying load
Descriptions
Inventory Description Woven vegetable fiber strip, coiled, ends cut
Classification
  • Woven
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mgogo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Tanzania / Tanganyika Territory
Additional Geographic Terms Dodoma
Dimensions Overall: 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.5 cm (3 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-4411

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