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Object Number
11-2-70/83935
Display Title
Ceremonial Basket
Descriptions
Object Description
Ceremonial Basket
Inventory Description
Basket, coiled, flat base, rounded, painted black with sewn braided fiber design
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Tonga
/
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/
Vava'u
Additional Geographic Terms
Vavau Group
Materials
Vegetable fiber, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 16.4 x 30.5 x 30.4 cm (6 7/16 x 12 x 11 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
83935
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1896-1900 - 1911)
Donor
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(01/01/1911)
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