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Small basketry box with lid of natural colored palm leaf. Contains betel nuts.
Small basketry box with lid of natural colored palm leaf. Contains betel nuts.
Object Number 39-17-70/1378
Display Title Small basketry box with lid of natural colored palm leaf. Contains betel nuts.
Descriptions
Inventory Description Box, woven fiber, square, lid with fringe at top, 2 shriveled seeds found inside
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Besarese
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch New Guinea / <State> / Kamwa
Materials Vegetable fiber, Seed
Dimensions Overall: 7.8 x 6.8 x 5.3 cm (3 1/16 x 2 11/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 39-17-70/1378

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