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Object Number
39-17-70/1380
Display Title
Small basketry box with folding lid. Used to hold lime. Made of red, +
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Box, woven fiber and leaf, square, 4 flap lid, fringe 1 corner, polychrome
Classification
- Box
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Besarese
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
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Dutch New Guinea
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<State>
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Kamwa
Materials
Vegetable fiber, Leaf, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 12.1 x 13.7 x 4.2 cm (4 3/4 x 5 3/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
39-17-70/1380
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