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Object Number 33-55-50/137
Display Title Small square of matting, recently made in imitation of old implement of Gio potters
Descriptions
Object Description Small square of matting, recently made in imitation of old implement of Gio potters
Inventory Description Basketry, woven vegetable fiber, square/flat, with twisted fiber loop at center
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Gio
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Dimensions Overall: 10.8 x 10.1 x 0.3 cm (4 1/4 x 4 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 33-55-50/137
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1933)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1933)

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