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Image Not Available for Carrying basket with attached cover, hexagonal bottom with stiff ring +
Carrying basket with attached cover, hexagonal bottom with stiff ring +
Image Not Available for Carrying basket with attached cover, hexagonal bottom with stiff ring +
Object Number 39-17-70/1358
Display Title Carrying basket with attached cover, hexagonal bottom with stiff ring +
Descriptions
Inventory Description Basket, hexagonal woven fiber, conical lid with bird top, 2 handles, multicolore
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Besarese
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch New Guinea / <State> / Kamwa
Materials Vegetable fiber, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 30.6 x 26.4 x 25.6 cm (12 1/16 x 10 3/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-17-70/1358

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