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8676

From: Gabon

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number 8676
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Fang
Provenience Gabon
Section African
Materials Fiber
Technique Basketry
Description

Open wicker-work. For washing cassava and draining out the poison of Jatropha manihot. Used also for catching fish. Damaged.

Height 22.1 cm
Outside Diameter 20.4 cm
Credit Line Gift of Rev. Dr. Robert Hamill Nassau, 1891

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