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Wickerwork scoop-shaped basket
Wickerwork scoop-shaped basket
Object Number 34-91-50/330
Display Title Wickerwork scoop-shaped basket
Descriptions
Inventory Description Basket, woven fiber, rounded base, laurel shaped rim, loosely caked with dirt
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Masai
  • Hamite
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda / <State> / <County> / Elgongi
Additional Geographic Terms Kenya Colony: Mt. Elgon; region of
Materials Fiber, Soil
Dimensions Overall: 14.7 x 25.1 x 21.1 cm (5 13/16 x 9 7/8 x 8 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 34-91-50/330

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