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Cone-shaped coiled basketry cover for food container
Cone-shaped coiled basketry cover for food container
Object Number 45-17-50/5925
Display Title Cone-shaped coiled basketry cover for food container
Descriptions
Object Description Cone-shaped coiled basketry cover for food container, cap of leather over top and woven colored leather decoration; bottom bound with leather
Inventory Description Basketry cover, coiled, conical, interwoven leather design, hide top/rim, meta
Classification
  • Container
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sudan?
Materials Vegetable fiber, Hide, Leather, Metal, Fabric
Dimensions Overall: 55.9 x 57 x 58 cm (22 x 22 7/16 x 22 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 45-17-50/5925

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