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Object Number 2004.29.12428
Display Title Square of cloth of plaited straw
Descriptions
Object Description written on board: "Africa / French Congo / Square of cloth of plaited / straw, polychrome: black, / yellow, & mauve."
Department Photographic
Culture
  • African
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / French Congo
Dimensions Overall: 14.605 × 10.795 cm (5 3/4 × 4 1/4 in.)

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