Basketry plaque

Museum number:
5-3406
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050003406
Accession number:
Acc.494
Description:
Plaque; round; plaited basketry; red leather decoration; small shells pendant on red cords; photo in center (torn); woman in costume; loop for hanging; 27.5 inches diameter.
Donor:
Mrs. R. E. Fisk
Collection place:
Algeria
Verbatim coll. place:
North Africa; Algeria attrib. (L. Dawson 1963)
Collector:
Mrs. R. E. Fisk
Collection date:
before 1915
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Plaited weaving, and Plaques (flat objects)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1915
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Collected in the Philippines.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry plaque, accession number 5-3406, described as Plaque; round; plaited basketry; red leather decoration; small shells pendant on red cords; photo in center (torn); woman in costume; loop for hanging; 27.5 inches diameter.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basketry plaque, accession number 5-3406, described as Plaque; round; plaited basketry; red leather decoration; small shells pendant on red cords; photo in center (torn); woman in costume; loop for hanging; 27.5 inches diameter.

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