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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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