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Object Number
31-22-50/B5018
Display Title
Coil of raffia
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Vegetable fiber coil tied together with strands of vegetable fiber
Classification
- Plant fiber
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Luba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Belgian Congo
Materials
Vegetable fiber, Raffia?
Dimensions
Overall: 19.5 x 19.5 x 1.7 cm (7 11/16 x 7 11/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
31-22-50/B5018
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