Basket

Museum number:
9-11117a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210911117a@2cb
Alternate number:
351a,b (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
Basket, base and top; "siki" grass, dyed and woven; base: 33 cm width; 11 cm height; top: 32.7 cm width; 13 cm height
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
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
Used by men or women anytime to hold fruit, sewing materials, or any other object; Made by men, women.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
Top— height 13 centimeters, Base— height 11 centimeters, Top— width 32.7 centimeters, and Base— width 33 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 9-11117a,b, described as Basket, base and top; "siki" grass, dyed and woven; base: 33 cm width; 11 cm height; top: 32.7 cm width; 13 cm heightHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 9-11117a,b, described as Basket, base and top; "siki" grass, dyed and woven; base: 33 cm width; 11 cm height; top: 32.7 cm width; 13 cm heightHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 9-11117a,b, described as Basket, base and top; "siki" grass, dyed and woven; base: 33 cm width; 11 cm height; top: 32.7 cm width; 13 cm height
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 9-11117a,b, described as Basket, base and top; "siki" grass, dyed and woven; base: 33 cm width; 11 cm height; top: 32.7 cm width; 13 cm height

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