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Bamboo tobacco box
Object Number 33-58-70/271
Display Title Bamboo tobacco box
Descriptions
Inventory Description Case and lid, bamboo with carved wood lid, incised/painted designs, paper inside
Classification
  • Case
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kenyah
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo / Sarawak
Oceania / Malaysia
Materials Bamboo, Pigment, Wood, Plant fiber, Plant leaf
Dimensions Overall: 25.8 x 5.4 x 5.4 cm (10 3/16 x 2 1/8 x 2 1/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 33-58-70/271

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