Basket

Museum number:
5-7965
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
35 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2175
Description:
Basket; globular shape with flat base; fiber cord handle; attached lid; red, yellow triangle designs body and lid; height: 11 cm, diameter: 17 cm. Made with raffia on palm fiber bundle; coiling w/ split stitching Used as a spice basket- food storage
Donor:
Jay Nolan and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Bokeza village, Liberia
Verbatim coll. place:
Liberia; Bokeza village (near Zorzor) Loma
Culture or time period:
Loma
Collection date:
1964-65
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-7965, described as Basket; globular shape with flat base; fiber cord handle; attached lid; red, yellow triangle designs body and lid; height: 11 cm, diameter: 17 cm. Made with raffia on palm fiber bundle; coiling w/ split stitching Used as a spice basket- food storage
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-7965, described as Basket; globular shape with flat base; fiber cord handle; attached lid; red, yellow triangle designs body and lid; height: 11 cm, diameter: 17 cm. Made with raffia on palm fiber bundle; coiling w/ split stitching Used as a spice basket- food storage

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