Basket

Museum number:
5-4338
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2037
Description:
Coiled basket (Gadagar) with grass bundle foundation; made by child as "exercise piece," rim diam. 22.5 cm.
Donor:
Paul Hinderling and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Mokolo, North Region, Cameroon
Verbatim coll. place:
N. Cameroon; Mokolo; Mafa tribe
Culture or time period:
Mafa tribe
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-4338, described as Coiled basket (Gadagar) with grass bundle foundation; made by child as "exercise piece," rim diam. 22.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-4338, described as Coiled basket (Gadagar) with grass bundle foundation; made by child as "exercise piece," rim diam. 22.5 cm.

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