Small string bag. Choa

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Object Number 49-14-50/7775

Display Title Small string bag. Choa

Descriptions

Indigenous Term Choa

Inventory Description Bag, tightly woven string, dk brn vegetable fiber, rectangular, flat stiff holes

Classification

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Misuku

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Nyasaland

Additional Geographic Terms Misuku Mountains; Wilindi Forest, near

Materials Vegetable fiber

Dimensions Overall: 12.7 x 10.6 x 1.3 cm (5 x 4 3/16 x 1/2 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 49-14-50/7775

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