Container

Museum number:
5-8359a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21058359a@2cb
Alternate number:
227,228 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2569
Description:
a. container; coiled basketry and gourd; footed basketry base and leather strip connecting gourd and basketry neck; b. coiled basketry and gourd top to container; gourd is oblong and terminates in a stem nodule; total height a+b 35cm food container; encrusted
Donor:
David Solomon and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Shashamane, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Ethiopia; Shashemene
Collector:
David Solomon
Collection date:
1968-1969
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Coiled weaving, and Containers (receptacles)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
October 1969
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 5-8359a,b, described as a. container; coiled basketry and gourd; footed basketry base and leather strip connecting gourd and basketry neck; b. coiled basketry and gourd top to container; gourd is oblong and terminates in a stem nodule; total height a+b 35cm food container; encrusted
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 5-8359a,b, described as a. container; coiled basketry and gourd; footed basketry base and leather strip connecting gourd and basketry neck; b. coiled basketry and gourd top to container; gourd is oblong and terminates in a stem nodule; total height a+b 35cm food container; encrusted

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