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Chinlon ball
Object Number 2010.11.3
Display Title Chinlon ball
Descriptions
Object Description Chinlon ball
Inventory Description Ball, chinlon ball, interwoven cane, open weave
Classification
  • Ball
Department Ethnographic
Date 1957-1958
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Burma / Yangon / Shwepyitha / Bonshegon Village
Materials Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Other: 14 x 14 x 14 cm (5 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2010.11.3
Credit Line Gift of Hazel Hitson Weidman, Ph.D., Radcliffe '59
Provenance
Collector Hazel Hitson Weidman (1957-2010)
Previous owner Previously owned by Hazel Hitson Weidman (1957-2010)
Donor Donated by Hazel Hitson Weidman (1957-2010)

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