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Basketry Case for Beer Drinking Straws
Object Number 990-5-50/12255
Display Title Basketry Case for Beer Drinking Straws
Descriptions
Object Description Basketry Case for Beer Drinking Straws
Inventory Description Woven fiber basket, tube, long, cylindrical, 2-tone zig-zag. lid.
Classification
  • Basket
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tutsi?
  • Hutu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Rwanda / Butare
Materials Fiber, Plant fiber, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 42.3 x 4.8 x 4 cm (16 5/8 x 1 7/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Dr. Helen Codere (1959-1960 - 05/15/90)
Donor Dr. Helen Codere (1959-1960 - 05/15/90)

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