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Object Number
2004.29.22313
Display Title
Basket work of plaited and polychrome straw
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "New Guinea / Oceania / Melanesia / Sex-concealer of basket / work of plaited & polychrome straw- / white, black & red. / It forms a human / mask with prominent / eyes."
Department
Photographic
Culture
- New Guinea
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Guinea
Dimensions
Overall: 15.5575 × 6.6675 cm (6 1/8 × 2 5/8 in.)
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