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Tobacco container of split bamboo. Muturu
Tobacco container of split bamboo. Muturu
Object Number 49-14-50/8240
Display Title Tobacco container of split bamboo. Muturu
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Muturu
Inventory Description Basket, split bamboo, bound with vegetable fiber, both ends open, flattened
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Lambia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms Chinunka; Misuku Mountains, at the foot of the
Materials Bamboo, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 26.7 x 17 x 2.6 cm (10 1/2 x 6 11/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49-14-50/8240

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