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Object Number 49-14-50/8415
Display Title Basketry rat trap. Deka
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Deka
Inventory Description Trap, basketry, conical, narrow closed end and rim wrapped with vegetable fiber
Classification
  • Trap
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Chewa
  • Lambia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms Nchisi Mountain
Dimensions Overall: 40.5 x 7.7 x 7.4 cm (15 15/16 x 3 1/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49-14-50/8415

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