- Museum number:
- 9-11118a,b
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm210911118a@2cb
- Alternate number:
- 352 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.2696
- Object count:
- 2
- Description:
- Basket, representing the sun; "siki" grass, dyed and woven Face: 21 cm length; 26 cm width Body: 40 cm length; 14 cm width
- Donor:
- Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
- Collection place:
- Bihar, India
- Verbatim coll. place:
- India, Bihar
- Culture or time period:
- Indian
- Collector:
- Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
- Collection date:
- January 1970
- Materials:
- Cotton (textile) ("siki" grass, dyed and woven; cotton tassels)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Baskets (containers)
- Function:
- 1.5 Household
- Accession date:
- November 11, 1970
- Context of use:
- Used anytime by men, women for storage of objects and for decoration; Used be men and women.
- Department:
- Asia (except western Russia)
- Dimensions:
- body— length 40 centimeters, face— length 21 centimeters, body— width 14 centimeters, and face— width 26 centimeters