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Cestas

Scope note

Long, narrow, curved wicker baskets fitted to the end of a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base used by players of jai alai to catch and throw the ball.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000211117

Equivalent Terms used

cesta

Created

13yrs ago

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