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Object Number
49-14-50/8023
Display Title
Liana string. Masintu
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Masintu
Inventory Description
Vine, coiled bundle, dry, stiff
Classification
- Plant fiber
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Misuku
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms
Misuku Mountains; Wilindi Forest, near
Materials
Vine
Dimensions
Overall: 25 x 26.4 x 24.5 cm (9 13/16 x 10 3/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
49-14-50/8023
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49-14-50/8022 | Fine liana string. Ndolwe |
Raw Material
Floral |
Nyasaland
| |
| 49-14-50/8028 | Liana for bee hive. Mutowe |
Raw Material
Floral |
Nyasaland
| |
| 49-14-50/7943 | Grass for edging shallow baskets - 3 rolls and 30 small bundles. |
Plant fiber
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 49-14-50/7960 | Plastered basket. Masintu |
Basket
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 49-14-50/7955 | Large plastered basket. Masintu |
Basket
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 49-14-50/7956 | Large plastered basket. Masintu |
Basket
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 49-14-50/7957 | Large plastered basket. Masintu |
Basket
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 49-14-50/7959 | Plastered basket. Masintu |
Basket
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 49-14-50/7961 | Plastered basket. Masintu |
Basket
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 49-14-50/7958 | Large plastered basket. Masintu |
Basket
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 2003.1.1091 | Coiled vine, dried, plus 1 fragment |
Plant fiber
|
Africa
| |
| 22-2-50/B3424 | Vine used to cause palm wine to ferment quickly and produce "kick" |
Plant fiber
|
Cameroon
|