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Basket with three doum palm nuts and string inside

Medium/TechniqueDoum palm (hyphaene thebeica leaf)
DimensionsLegacy dimension: .13 H. .17 W.
Credit LineHay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession number72.4748a
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ClassificationsFurniture
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.