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Square basketry box with 3-tiered pagoda-like top. Geometric design +
Square basketry box with 3-tiered pagoda-like top. Geometric design +
Object Number 39-17-70/1377
Display Title Square basketry box with 3-tiered pagoda-like top. Geometric design +
Descriptions
Inventory Description Box, woven fiber, square with narrowing 3 tiered lid, polychrome
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Besarese
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch New Guinea / <State> / Kamwa
Materials Vegetable fiber, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 30 x 19 x 18 cm (11 13/16 x 7 1/2 x 7 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-17-70/1377

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