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Food carrying basket - palm leaf, fringe at bottom, stiff sticks along+
Food carrying basket - palm leaf, fringe at bottom, stiff sticks along+
Object Number 40-12-70/1604
Display Title Food carrying basket - palm leaf, fringe at bottom, stiff sticks along+
Descriptions
Object Description Food carrying basket - palm leaf, fringe at bottom, stiff sticks along+
Inventory Description Woven fiber bag, flat, rectangular, fringed base, reed slat rim
Classification
  • Bag
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Siwai
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Bougainville Island
Materials Vegetable fiber, Reed
Dimensions Overall: 50.8 x 27.6 x 6.8 cm (20 x 10 7/8 x 2 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-12-70/1604

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