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Object Number
975-69-50/11947
Display Title
Basketry and leather hot food cover
Descriptions
Object Description
Basketry and leather hot food cover, small sticks twined together into a rectangular shape with leather. Green and purple leather worked into body of piece in a geometric design of dangling strips. 50 x 43 cm. L with fringe 84 cm
Inventory Description
Basketry mat, fiber with green, red leather geo design, leather fringe.
Classification
- Mat
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Tuareg
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Algeria
Materials
Leather, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 88.5 x 50.4 x 5 cm (34 13/16 x 19 13/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
975-69-50/11947
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