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Object Number 17-41-50/B1965.1
Display Title Bundle of brown vegetable fibres
Descriptions
Inventory Description Unclassified, bristly curved bundle of veg fiber, wood frame, braided loops, tw
Classification
  • Unclassified
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Dimensions Overall: 39.5 x 20 x 4.4 cm (15 9/16 x 7 7/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 17-41-50/B1965

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