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Water-tight basket
Object Number 32-49-50/63
Display Title Water-tight basket
Descriptions
Inventory Description Basket, woven fiber, round body, flat base, flat lid with twisted fiber handle
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mende
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia / <State> / <County> / Ganta
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 10 x 16 x 16 cm (3 15/16 x 6 5/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 32-49-50/63
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1932)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1932)

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