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Object Number 30-32-50/B4615
Display Title Man's costume, mwenda
Descriptions
Inventory Description Woven cotton cloth, large, black with applique red and white cloth strips.
Classification
  • Outerwear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Wanyakusa
  • Mwaya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Tanzania / Mwaya
Additional Geographic Terms Tanganyika Territory
Dimensions Overall: 220 x 152 x 0.1 cm (86 5/8 x 59 13/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B4615

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