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Carved bamboo tobacco box
Carved bamboo tobacco box
Object Number 04-19-70/63297
Display Title Carved bamboo tobacco box
Descriptions
Inventory Description Box and lid, bamboo, incised and painted scroll design, carved wood lid
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo
Additional Geographic Terms Mendalam River
Materials Bamboo, Wood, Plant fiber, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 38.4 x 5.9 x 5.7 cm (15 1/8 x 2 5/16 x 2 1/4 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 63297; P/905

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