Basket

Museum number:
5-15645
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015645
Accession number:
Acc.4612
Description:
Basket, fiber, plaited; round bottom; fixed arched carrying handle; dome shaped lid fitted to lip of bottom; hinged; dark brown; Rim diameter circa 24.5 centimeters X height (with lid) circa 18.5 centimeters.
Donor:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection place:
Dilolo Gare, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Central Africa; Zaire; Shaba Province; near Dilolo Gare; Chokwe
Culture or time period:
Chokwe
Collector:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection date:
1960
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-15645, described as Basket, fiber, plaited; round bottom; fixed arched carrying handle; dome shaped lid fitted to lip of bottom; hinged; dark brown; Rim diameter circa 24.5 centimeters X height (with lid) circa 18.5 centimeters.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-15645, described as Basket, fiber, plaited; round bottom; fixed arched carrying handle; dome shaped lid fitted to lip of bottom; hinged; dark brown; Rim diameter circa 24.5 centimeters X height (with lid) circa 18.5 centimeters.

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