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Basket tray used to shake up dice when gambling
Basket tray used to shake up dice when gambling
Object Number 25-37-50/B3821
Display Title Basket tray used to shake up dice when gambling
Descriptions
Inventory Description Basket, woven fiber, cross-stick support, leather wrapped exterior, pointed base
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Beni
  • Yuandi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Materials Vegetable fiber, Leather
Dimensions Overall: 11.5 x 36 x 35 cm (4 1/2 x 14 3/16 x 13 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-3821
Provenance
Collector George Schwab (1924)
Donor Donated by George Schwab (1925)

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