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8679
From: Gabon
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 8679 |
| 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. |
| Height | 25.8 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 26.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Rev. Dr. Robert Hamill Nassau, 1891 |
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