Basket

Museum number:
5-15740
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015740
Alternate number:
S-42
Accession number:
Acc.4613
Description:
Carrying basket, bamboo, woven; rectangular form with tray-like lid held in place by braided fiber handle; natural color; length 25.5 centimeters X 19.0 centimeters X height 13 centimeters.
Donor:
Burton Benedict
Collection place:
Seychelles Islands
Collector:
Burton Benedict
Collection date:
1960 & 1974-75
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
December 10, 1993
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 5-15740, described as Carrying basket, bamboo, woven; rectangular form with tray-like lid held in place by braided fiber handle; natural color; length 25.5 centimeters X 19.0 centimeters X height 13 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 5-15740, described as Carrying basket, bamboo, woven; rectangular form with tray-like lid held in place by braided fiber handle; natural color; length 25.5 centimeters X 19.0 centimeters X height 13 centimeters.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-15740, described as Carrying basket, bamboo, woven; rectangular form with tray-like lid held in place by braided fiber handle; natural color; length 25.5 centimeters X 19.0 centimeters X height 13 centimeters.

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