Basketry material

Museum number:
5-14178
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014178
Accession number:
Acc.3650
Description:
Sawa- 'reed'., Tanzania, Mbulu district, Datlaa village, house of Ama Gwandus, Iraqw people. 5-14178, acc no. 3650. Orig. No. JC25. File code: 8.3 July 31, 1981. Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: Univ. Approp. Materials, techniques: Sawa reeds Context of use: Used by women to make lakwanti basket. Reeds have to be soaked. Description: Reeds; raw material for making basket (lakwanti). L. ca. 75 cm.
Donor:
Jean Colvin and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Datlaa, Mbulu District, Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
Tanzania; Mbulu district; Datlaa village; Iraqw
Culture or time period:
Iraqw People
Collector:
Jean Colvin
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre)
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
August 1982
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry material, accession number 5-14178, described as Sawa- 'reed'., Tanzania, Mbulu district, Datlaa village, house of Ama Gwandus, Iraqw people. 5-14178, acc no. 3650. Orig. No. JC25. File code: 8.3 July 31, 1981. Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: Univ. Approp. Materials, techniques: Sawa reeds Context of use: Used by women to make lakwanti basket. Reeds have to be soaked. Description: Reeds; raw material for making basket (lakwanti). L. ca. 75 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basketry material, accession number 5-14178, described as Sawa- 'reed'., Tanzania, Mbulu district, Datlaa village, house of Ama Gwandus, Iraqw people. 5-14178, acc no. 3650. Orig. No. JC25. File code: 8.3 July 31, 1981. Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: Univ. Approp. Materials, techniques: Sawa reeds Context of use: Used by women to make lakwanti basket. Reeds have to be soaked. Description: Reeds; raw material for making basket (lakwanti). L. ca. 75 cm.

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