Chicken crate of branches and leaves. Chitetere

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Object Number 49-14-50/8305

Display Title Chicken crate of branches and leaves. Chitetere

Descriptions

Indigenous Term Chitetere

Inventory Description Basket, wood armature w/ loosely woven, openwork vegetable fiber netting, soiled

Classification

Basket

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Lambia
Yao

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Nyasaland

Additional Geographic Terms Mtimbuka; Fort Johnston, near

Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber

Dimensions Overall: 26.5 x 70 x 50 cm (10 7/16 x 27 9/16 x 19 11/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 49-14-50/8305

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