Basketry
- Museum number:
- 5-16843
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21050016843
- Alternate number:
- 57 (previous number (donor's original number))
- Accession number:
- Acc.4729
- Description:
- winnowing basket. large, shallow basket with sloping sides.
- Donor:
- Dorothy Shack
- Collection place:
- Shewa province (historical region), Ethiopia
- Verbatim coll. place:
- East Africa, Ethiopia, Shoa Province, Gurage
- Culture or time period:
- Gurage
- Collector:
- Dorothy Shack and William A. Shack
- Materials:
- Palm and Reed
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Baskets (containers)
- Function:
- 1.5 Household
- Accession date:
- May 22, 2002
- Context of use:
- winnowing
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Dimensions:
- height 9 centimeters and diameter 67.8 centimeters
- Images:
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