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Title	Coiled beaded basket
Date	1954-1989
Material Type	Baskets (containers)
Description	Coiled basked with lid; has beaded cover of blue, yellow, green, red, and white beads in diamond designs, beaded knob on top, tightly woven; resembles sweetgrass baskets of the South Carolina lowcountry; origin Luo people of Kenya.
Dimensions	Height: 10 cm, Diameter: 7 cm.
Subject	Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people) -- Material culture Baskets -- Africa
Geographic Region	Africa Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, East Kenya
Collector	Towles, Joseph A. Turnbull, Colin M.
Collection in Repository	Joseph A. Towles Artifact Collection
Call Number	1989.001.164
Holding Institution	Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston
Digital Collection	Avery Research Center Artifact Collection
Rights	Digital image copyright 2009, The College of Charleston Libraries. All rights reserved. For more information contact The College of Charleston Library, Charleston, SC 29424.
Media Type	Objects

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