Carrying basket

Museum number:
5-7937
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Alternate number:
10 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2175
Description:
Basket; square-based; elongated globular shape with shoulder ⅓ up from base; reinforced rim; fiber rope attached base and loops below rim; height: 28 cm; diameter at base: 18 cm. Made of split rattan and twill plaiting. Used for transportation of food.
Donor:
Jay Nolan and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Bokeza village, Liberia
Verbatim coll. place:
Liberia; Bokeza village (near Zorzor) Loma
Culture or time period:
Loma
Collection date:
1964-65
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carrying baskets
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Carrying basket, accession number 5-7937, described as Basket; square-based; elongated globular shape with shoulder ⅓ up from base; reinforced rim; fiber rope attached base and loops below rim; height: 28 cm; diameter at base: 18 cm. Made of split rattan and twill plaiting. Used for transportation of food.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carrying basket, accession number 5-7937, described as Basket; square-based; elongated globular shape with shoulder ⅓ up from base; reinforced rim; fiber rope attached base and loops below rim; height: 28 cm; diameter at base: 18 cm. Made of split rattan and twill plaiting. Used for transportation of food.

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