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Object Number 22-2-50/B3474
Display Title Basket work rattles "hikat li um"
Descriptions
Object Description Basket work rattles "hikat li um"
Inventory Description Rattles, woven basketry, loop handle, flared rattle heads
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 22 x 17 x 8.4 cm (8 11/16 x 6 11/16 x 3 5/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 22-2-50/B3474; B-3474
Provenance
Collector George Schwab (1922 - 1922)

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