Basket

Museum number:
5-15738
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
S-36, 37
Accession number:
Acc.4613
Description:
Carrying basket, fiber, woven; rectangular envelope with triangular-shaped foldover cover; braided fiber carrying handle; dyed alternating exposed sections forming checkerboard patterns; sewn steel snap clasp; length 37.0 centimeters X width 29.0 centimeters X height 5.5 centimeters.
Donor:
Burton Benedict
Collection place:
Seychelles Islands
Collector:
Burton Benedict
Collection date:
1975
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
December 10, 1993
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 5-15738, described as Carrying basket, fiber, woven; rectangular envelope with triangular-shaped foldover cover; braided fiber carrying handle; dyed alternating exposed sections forming checkerboard patterns; sewn steel snap clasp; length 37.0 centimeters X width 29.0 centimeters X height 5.5 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 5-15738, described as Carrying basket, fiber, woven; rectangular envelope with triangular-shaped foldover cover; braided fiber carrying handle; dyed alternating exposed sections forming checkerboard patterns; sewn steel snap clasp; length 37.0 centimeters X width 29.0 centimeters X height 5.5 centimeters.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-15738, described as Carrying basket, fiber, woven; rectangular envelope with triangular-shaped foldover cover; braided fiber carrying handle; dyed alternating exposed sections forming checkerboard patterns; sewn steel snap clasp; length 37.0 centimeters X width 29.0 centimeters X height 5.5 centimeters.

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