Basket

Museum number:
5-16999
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050016999
Alternate number:
EC-22 (temporary number)
Accession number:
Acc.4787
Description:
Round, conical, woven, basket with narrow, convex base. Close woven of willow or similar, in natural shade w/ 2 brown bands and a brown and natural rim. Using a double stitch, a pattern is formed similar to small tree branches. 1987?
Donor:
Elizabeth Colson
Collection place:
Zambia
Verbatim coll. place:
Western Zambia, Africa
Collector:
Elizabeth Colson
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
September 9, 2011
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 10 centimeters and diameter 21.2 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-16999, described as Round, conical, woven, basket with narrow, convex base. Close woven of willow or similar, in natural shade w/ 2 brown bands and a brown and natural rim. Using a double stitch, a pattern is formed similar to small tree branches. 1987?

Tools