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Grain basket of vine filler rings covered and woven with palmetto
Grain basket of vine filler rings covered and woven with palmetto
Object Number 47-44-50/6140
Display Title Grain basket of vine filler rings covered and woven with palmetto
Descriptions
Object Description Grain basket of vine filler rings covered and woven with palmetto and reenforced with bark. Made by the women.
Inventory Description Basket, conical, flat base, coiled veg fiber, wrapped rim, sewn rd/brn bark stri
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Inhambane
  • Chopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Portuguese East Africa: Inhambane, vicinity of
Materials Vegetable fiber, Bark, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 18.4 x 36.9 x 37.2 cm (7 1/4 x 14 1/2 x 14 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-44-50/6140/ #18/ #18 Grain Basket/ reenforced with Bark

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