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Object Number 39-39-50/4225
Display Title Barkcloth bag with rope handle ("impusu")
Descriptions
Indigenous Term impusu
Inventory Description Bark cloth bag, red, sewn, rectangular, twisted fiber tie handle.
Classification
  • Bag
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Banyaruanda
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nyaruanda
Additional Geographic Terms Uganda, Southwest: Kigesi District: Nyakabande; Lake Mutanda, near
Materials Barkcloth
Dimensions Overall: 50 x 20 x 2 cm (19 11/16 x 7 7/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/4225

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