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Object Number
2010.11.43
Display Title
Basketry "purse" with handles, rectangular
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Basket, rectangular, flat base, diamond pattern in body, two bound handles
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
2006 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
Burma
/
Yangon
/
Shwepyitha
/
Bonshegon Village
Materials
Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Other: 25.5 x 28 x 18 cm (10 1/16 x 11 x 7 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2010.11.43
Credit Line
Gift of Hazel Hitson Weidman, Ph.D., Radcliffe '59
Provenance
Collector
Hazel Hitson Weidman
(2006-2010)
Previous owner
Previously owned by
Hazel Hitson Weidman
(2006-2010)
Collector
Donated by
Hazel Hitson Weidman
(2006-2010)
Donor
Donated by
Hazel Hitson Weidman
(2006-2010)
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