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Object Number
2010.11.22
Display Title
Basketry "purse"
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Basket, woven fiber, flat base, rectangular, open top, fiber wrapped rim, two handles
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1957-1958
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
Burma
/
Yangon
/
Shwepyitha
/
Bonshegon Village
Materials
Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Other: 23 x 12 x 9.5 cm (9 1/16 x 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2010.11.22
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)
Collector
Donated by
Hazel Hitson Weidman
(1957-2010)
Donor
Donated by
Hazel Hitson Weidman
(1957-2010)
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