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Basketry bottle with cover - 1 5/8" x 5". Technique: coiled. Design: geometric
Basketry bottle with cover - 1 5/8" x 5". Technique: coiled. Design: geometric
Object Number 39-68-50/3517
Display Title Basketry bottle with cover - 1 5/8" x 5". Technique: coiled. Design: geometric
Descriptions
Object Description Basketry bottle with cover - 1 5/8" x 5". Technique: coiled. Design: geometric, red leather strips woven into buff basketry forming triangles. Red leather covering on bottom & handle
Inventory Description Basket, fiber with interwoven leather strips, leather base/lid, triangular patte
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Egypt
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 12.6 x 13.5 x 12.7 cm (4 15/16 x 5 5/16 x 5 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 39-68-50/3517

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