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Round basket, open hexagonal weave, greenish fibre, diameter 8.5", height 5.5" (
Image Not Available for Round basket, open hexagonal weave, greenish fibre, diameter 8.5", height 5.5" (
Object Number 39-39-50/3722
Display Title Round basket, open hexagonal weave, greenish fibre, diameter 8.5", height 5.5" (
Descriptions
Indigenous Term mbombozalo
Object Description Round basket, open hexagonal weave, greenish fibre, diameter 8.5", height 5.5" (mbombozalo)
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bwamba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms Bundibugyo; Fort Portal, 40 miles west of
Dimensions Overall: 21.59 x 13.97 cm (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)

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