Basket

Museum number:
5-15618
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015618
Accession number:
Acc.4556
Description:
Basket, oblong, wickerware. Oval rounded rim. Vertical openwork bamboo (?) ribs. Openwork rectangular bottom with bamboo (?) stiffeners. Fiber lashings. Length 49.2 cm, Width 28.7 cm, Height circa 21.0 cm. From Central Africa, Zaire, Shaba Province, near Dilolo Gare, Chokwe.
Donor:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection place:
Dilolo Gare, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Central Africa; Zaire; Shaba Province; near Dilolo Gare; Chokwe
Culture or time period:
Chokwe
Collector:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection date:
1960
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 5-15618, described as Basket, oblong, wickerware. Oval rounded rim. Vertical openwork bamboo (?) ribs. Openwork rectangular bottom with bamboo (?) stiffeners. Fiber lashings. Length 49.2 cm, Width 28.7 cm, Height circa 21.0 cm. From Central Africa, Zaire, Shaba Province, near Dilolo Gare, Chokwe.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 5-15618, described as Basket, oblong, wickerware. Oval rounded rim. Vertical openwork bamboo (?) ribs. Openwork rectangular bottom with bamboo (?) stiffeners. Fiber lashings. Length 49.2 cm, Width 28.7 cm, Height circa 21.0 cm. From Central Africa, Zaire, Shaba Province, near Dilolo Gare, Chokwe.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-15618, described as Basket, oblong, wickerware. Oval rounded rim. Vertical openwork bamboo (?) ribs. Openwork rectangular bottom with bamboo (?) stiffeners. Fiber lashings. Length 49.2 cm, Width 28.7 cm, Height circa 21.0 cm. From Central Africa, Zaire, Shaba Province, near Dilolo Gare, Chokwe.

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