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Object Number 39-39-50/4143
Display Title Locust food in closely woven fibre basket container ("nsanani")
Descriptions
Indigenous Term nsanani
Inventory Description Woven fiber basket, concave base, coiled weave.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Banyaruanda
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms Uganda, Southwest: Kigezi District: Nyakabande; Lake Mutanda, near
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 19.5 x 18 x 18.7 cm (7 11/16 x 7 1/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/4143

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