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Object Number 29-40-50/B4460
Display Title Large basket, 5-ply braid
Descriptions
Inventory Description Basketry bag, cylindrical, woven palm?, 2 coarse vegetable fiber handles/tassel
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Egypt / <State> / <County> / <City> / Siwa Oasis
Additional Geographic Terms Libyan Desert
Dimensions Overall: 56.5 x 42 x 47.5 cm (22 1/4 x 16 9/16 x 18 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50-B4460

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