Coasters

Museum number:
5-16748a-d
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210516748a@2dd
Alternate number:
516748
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
set of 4 woven grass coasters: natural, red, green, black, and yellow dyed grass. woven to form a 4 petaled rosette pattern border around a natural center disk.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Western Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
W. Africa
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coasters (containers)
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Household
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
diameter 10.1 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Coasters, accession number 5-16748a-d, described as set of 4 woven grass coasters: natural, red, green, black, and yellow dyed grass. woven to form a 4 petaled rosette pattern border around a natural center disk.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Coasters, accession number 5-16748a-d, described as set of 4 woven grass coasters: natural, red, green, black, and yellow dyed grass. woven to form a 4 petaled rosette pattern border around a natural center disk.

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