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Object Number
47-44-50/6169
Display Title
Woven palmetto sieve for straining the bee's wax
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Basket, woven veg fiber, flat, rectangular, tapering to opening w/twisted stra
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Inhambane
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms
Portuguese East Africa: Inhambane, vicinity of
Materials
Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 35 x 37 x 6 cm (13 3/4 x 14 9/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
47-44-50/6169; #4 HLUTO Bee's Wax Strainer
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