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Coal basket with figural stopper

Made By Tikar (Cameroon, West Africa)
Dateearly 20th century
Mediumwoven fiber, clay, wood, kaolin
Dimensionsbase: 17 1/2 × 13 in. (44.5 × 33 cm)
stopper: 11 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 5 in. (29.2 × 11.4 × 12.7 cm)
Classification(s)
  • AFRICAN
Credit LineGift of Drs. Carolyn and Eli Newberger
Object numberM.2017.17.1
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