Object class: Baskets (containers) / Accession number: Acc.1302 / Loans: S1967-1968 #137: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (May 15, 1968–May 28, 1968) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Baskets (containers) Accession number Acc.1302 Loans S1967-1968 #137: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (May 15, 1968–May 28, 1968)

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-1629, described as Openwork carrying basket - Muyebdu; attached grass rope strap; NW Suku; height: 26.5" 67.24cm, diameter: 18" 45.72cm Used by women going to the fields to carry hoe, for bringing back manioc tubers, and for carrying firewood. Used now preponderantly by W. half of Suku group, and also by the Bayaka. E. Suku like their neighbors the BaSonde, use preponderantly at present the basket type 5-1633, which is carried on the head. Traditionally, however, all Suku used the muyendi.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-1620, described as Openwork cylindrical food storage basket; 18” high, 6” diameter.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket bottom and top, accession number 5-1689a,b, described as Food serving basket; to both top and bottom attached round bases; diameter: 10" 25.4 cm, height: 12" 30.48cm