Basket

Museum number:
9-11113
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090011113
Alternate number:
350 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
straw; 32 cm. length; 31.5 cm width
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Bihar, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Bihar
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
January 1970
Materials:
Straw (plant material) (straw from "siki" grass, woven)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
Used anytime to contain fruit, vegetables, etc., by men or women; Made by men and women
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 31.5 centimeters and length 32 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 9-11113, described as straw; 32 cm. length; 31.5 cm width
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 9-11113, described as straw; 32 cm. length; 31.5 cm width

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