Woman's basketry purse

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Object Number 34-49-50/295

Display Title Woman's basketry purse

Descriptions

Inventory Description Pouch, basketry, cylindrical with rounded bottom, open weave, 2 handles at rim

Classification

Pouch
Raw Material

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Bantu speaking peoples
Fant
Makai

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Cameroon

Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, South central

Materials Vegetable fiber

Dimensions Overall: 16 x 8.1 x 7.1 cm (6 5/16 x 3 3/16 x 2 13/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 34-49-50/295

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