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Butter basket and cowries
Butter basket and cowries
Object Number 34-28-50/202
Display Title Butter basket and cowries
Descriptions
Inventory Description Basket, veg fiber, spherical, footed, blue beads, cowries, hide straps, knob lid
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Galla
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Abyssinia
Additional Geographic Terms Ethiopia
Materials Vegetable fiber, Cowrie, Glass, Hide
Dimensions Overall: 19.1 x 15.3 x 14.6 cm (7 1/2 x 6 x 5 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 34-28-50/202

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