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Object Number 35-31-50/1129
Display Title Basket (ntet, sing.; mintet, pl.)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Basket, woven veg fiber, ovate, 2 wood slats for base, contains large dried le
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa
  • Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 104.8 x 24.1 x 21.3 cm (41 1/4 x 9 1/2 x 8 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-31-50/1129

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Basket (ntet, sing.; mintet, pl.)
35-31-50/1128 Basket (ntet, sing.; mintet, pl.)
Basket
Raw Material
Cameroon
Basket in process of manufacture (ntet, sing.; mintet, pl.)
35-31-50/1127 Basket in process of manufacture (ntet, sing.; mintet, pl.)
Raw Material
Raw Material
Cameroon
Ntet - long carrying basket
30-2-50/B4916 Ntet - long carrying basket
Basket
Cameroon
4 pieces of iron spear head money (likon, sing.; makon, pl.)
35-31-50/1146 4 pieces of iron spear head money (likon, sing.; makon, pl.)
Spear
Cameroon
Ivory bracelet, ikosa (sing.), makosa (pl.)
30-32-50/B4523.1 Ivory bracelet, ikosa (sing.), makosa (pl.)
Bracelet
Mwaya
Ivory bracelet, ikosa (sing.), makosa (pl.)
30-32-50/B4523 Ivory bracelet, ikosa (sing.), makosa (pl.)
Bracelet
Mwaya
2 pairs of drumsticks of soft wood (tom, sing.; bitom, pl.)
35-31-50/1160 2 pairs of drumsticks of soft wood (tom, sing.; bitom, pl.)
Percussion
Cameroon
"Ntet"
2004.24.6671 "Ntet"
Cameroon
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Hat
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Basket
Nyasaland
Workbasket
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Basket
Raw Material
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Ornament
New Guinea