Coil basket

Museum number:
5-15165
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015165
Accession number:
Acc.4413
Object count:
1
Description:
Basket, coiled. Straw colored material with 4 large repeats of elongated horse with 2 standing men on back. Linear red and black design bands. Height 16.7 centimeters, rim diameter 28.3 centimeters. Niger, vicinity of Lake Chad; made in N'guigmi Kanouri tribal area. Hause design.
Donor:
Bruce Max Feldman and Kate Delos
Collection place:
Lake Chad, Niger
Verbatim coll. place:
Niger; Lake Chad; Kanouri
Culture or time period:
Kanouri
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketmaking supplies and Coils (object genre)
Function:
1.5 Household
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Coil basket, accession number 5-15165, described as Basket, coiled. Straw colored material with 4 large repeats of elongated horse with 2 standing men on back. Linear red and black design bands. Height 16.7 centimeters, rim diameter 28.3 centimeters. Niger, vicinity of Lake Chad; made in N'guigmi Kanouri tribal area. Hause design.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coil basket, accession number 5-15165, described as Basket, coiled. Straw colored material with 4 large repeats of elongated horse with 2 standing men on back. Linear red and black design bands. Height 16.7 centimeters, rim diameter 28.3 centimeters. Niger, vicinity of Lake Chad; made in N'guigmi Kanouri tribal area. Hause design.

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