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Object Number
49-14-50/7780
Display Title
String bag. Choa
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Choa
Inventory Description
Bag, tightly woven veg fiber string, rectangular, flap with string pulls, 1 brkn
Classification
- Bag
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Misuku
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms
Misuku Mountains; Wilindi Forest, near
Materials
Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 18.2 x 14.7 x 2.5 cm (7 3/16 x 5 13/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
49-14-50/7780
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49-14-50/7777 | String bag. Choa |
Bag
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 49-14-50/7775 | Small string bag. Choa |
Bag
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 49-14-50/7778 | String bag. Choa |
Bag
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 49-14-50/7846 | String bag. Choa |
Bag
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 49-14-50/7774 | Tiny string bag. Choa |
Pouch
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 49-14-50/7781 | Bark string bag. Choa |
Bag
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 49-14-50/7779 | String bag. Choa |
Bag
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 49-14-50/7776 | Small string bag. Choa |
Bag
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 49-14-50/7782 | String bag. Choa |
Bag
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 49-14-50/8179 | String bag. Inyambe |
Bag
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 2001.29.2823 | Children, Mother and children: Woman wearing fiber bracelets, copper ring on a string of beads in her hair, a triangular ostrich eggshell bead ornament, and sha sha (root used in the choa ceremony), standing and holding a baby |
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
| ||
| 39-17-70/1370 | Basketry envelope bag with string handle. Decorated with red and black + |
Bag
|
Kamwa
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