Fire jumper's society medicine - small square box made of sticks – Objects

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Object Number 37-77-50/2641

Display Title Fire jumper's society medicine - small square box made of sticks

Descriptions

Inventory Description Box, large pieces of reed lashed at corners with fiber, sides pegged

Classification

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Liberia

Materials Reed, Vegetable fiber

Dimensions Overall: 12.9 x 24.5 x 20.9 cm (5 1/16 x 9 5/8 x 8 1/4 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 37-77-50/2641

Provenance

Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)

Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)

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