Basket

Museum number:
5-2039
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
5-521 (associated catalog number)
Accession number:
Acc.1458
Description:
Hemispherical basket; coiled; red and black designs; leather sewing on rim and on base. Probably Nubian.
Donor:
Lawrence E. Dawson and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Sudan
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa attrib
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1961
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
old tag says bought in Aden-1922. Typical of Edyptian Nubia from Aswan to Wadi Halfa, made by people directly on the Nile
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 5-2039, described as Hemispherical basket; coiled; red and black designs; leather sewing on rim and on base. Probably Nubian.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 5-2039, described as Hemispherical basket; coiled; red and black designs; leather sewing on rim and on base. Probably Nubian.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-2039, described as Hemispherical basket; coiled; red and black designs; leather sewing on rim and on base. Probably Nubian.

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