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Small basketry box with folding lid to hold lime. Made of yellow, red & green +
Small basketry box with folding lid to hold lime. Made of yellow, red & green +
Object Number 39-17-70/1382
Display Title Small basketry box with folding lid to hold lime. Made of yellow, red & green +
Descriptions
Object Description Small basketry box with folding lid to hold lime. Made of yellow, red & green fibres.
Inventory Description Box, woven fiber and leaf, square, 4 flap lid, 2 ovate cutouts, fringe, multicol
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Besarese
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch New Guinea / <State> / Kamwa
Materials Vegetable fiber, Leaf, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 9 x 13.7 x 5.6 cm (3 9/16 x 5 3/8 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-17-70/1382

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