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Basket sieve for corn meal
Basket sieve for corn meal
Object Number 23-33-50/B3515
Display Title Basket sieve for corn meal
Descriptions
Inventory Description Woven fiber jar, square base, cylindrical, flared rim, multiple patterns.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Jar
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Angola
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 41.5 x 17.5 x 17.5 cm (16 5/16 x 6 7/8 x 6 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B3515
Provenance
Collector William C. Bell (before 1923)

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