Basket and lid

Museum number:
9-17130a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3934
Description:
Basket with cover. Plaited split bamboo. Bent wood forming a cross serves as base for each basket and cover is attached at each corner at center. two strands of split bamboo attached at center of one of the bases serve as handles. 18.2 cm high, 57 cm diameter.
Donor:
Beth Harnex MacLafferty Blake
Collection place:
Laos
Verbatim coll. place:
Laos
Culture or time period:
Laotian
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Plaited weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
April 1, 1984
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 9-17130a,b, described as Basket with cover. Plaited split bamboo. Bent wood forming a cross serves as base for each basket and cover is attached at each corner at center. two strands of split bamboo attached at center of one of the bases serve as handles. 18.2 cm high, 57 cm diameter.

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