Round, woven basket w/square base. Base, warp and rim appear to be of wooden strips, weft is of raffia or similar. Decoration consists of alternate bands of solid natural, alternated with solid brown and natural bands and ending w/ solid brown narrow bands at base and a wide brown band just beneath the rim.
Donor:
Elizabeth Colson
Collection place:
Zambia
Culture or time period:
Gwembe-Tonga
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:
diameter 15.5 centimeters and height 6.8 centimeters