woven basket or plaque; coiled, flat basket or plaque or natural and dark brown reed. 4 diamond shapes are woven into the basket dividing into even quadrants. the finish rim is decorated with 2 rows of stitched brown reed woven through every 4 to 5 strands of the edge stitches. a hanging loop is woven into one side of the plaque.
Donor:
Dorothy Gregor
Collection place:
South Africa, Africa
Culture or time period:
Bantu
Collector:
Dorothy Gregor
Collection date:
1963
Materials:
Reed
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
November 2, 2010
Context of use:
possibly decorative; purchased by donor from the maker for 25 cents.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 30.5 centimeters, diameter 28 centimeters, and height 2 centimeters