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Object Number 39-39-50/3700
Display Title Miniature basket with cover - coiled weave (mbombo)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term mbombo
Inventory Description Woven fiber basket with lid, coiled, plain, twisted cotton string handle.
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bwamba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms Bundibugyo; Fort Portal, 40 miles west of
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 4.2 x 5.7 x 5.7 cm (1 5/8 x 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/3700

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