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Object Number 49-14-50/7983
Display Title Plaited grass belt
Descriptions
Inventory Description Belt, woven fiber, unfinished, pink, purple, tan design, coiled, rolled in bundl
Classification
  • Belt
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Misuku
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms Misuku Mountains; Wilindi Forest, near
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 16 x 14 x 10 cm (6 5/16 x 5 1/2 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49-14-50/7983

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