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Ceremonial carrying basket with boar's tusks and bead decoration. There are two carrying bands, one woven with patterning in supplementary weft, probably worn over the shoulder, and the other a basketry strap, probably worn over the forehead. A pair of twined bands are attached to the outer surface of the basket, decorated with beads and hanging from a safety pin at the base of the basket.
label: old exhibition label, blue with black type
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