Winnowing or sifting basket

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Object Number 05-44-50/65566.1

Display Title Winnowing or sifting basket

Descriptions

Inventory Description Woven fiber basket, circular, shallow, tri-colored, tightly woven.

Classification

Basket
Raw Material

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Umbundu

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Angola

Additional Geographic Terms Portugese West Africa: Benguella, 300 m east of

Materials Fiber

Dimensions Overall: 3.5 x 48.3 x 46.5 cm (1 3/8 x 19 x 18 5/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 05-44-50/65566

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