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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 40-12-70/1605
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 Basketry bag, woven fiber, rectangular, fringed base, stick rim, rolled
Classification
  • Bag
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Siwai
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Bougainville Island
Materials Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 55.2 x 16 x 12 cm (21 3/4 x 6 5/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-12-70/1605

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Food carrying basket - palm leaf, fringe at bottom, stiff sticks along+
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