Woven basket with lid

Museum number:
5-6650a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
107 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2307
Description:
basket with lid; grass in coiling technique; a) basket; deep; straight sided; indented base; 2 parallel panels of red & blue geometric designs; diameter 8 cm; height 8.5 cm; b) Lid; conical; diameter 8 cm; height 9 cm. (overall height 17.5 cm). Collected Feb 1967.
Donor:
Mary Jean Aerni and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Toro, West Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Uganda; Toro; (Wa) Tutsi (Murdock 45)
Culture or time period:
Wa Tutsi
Collector:
Mary Jean Aerni
Collection date:
Feb 1967
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Woven basket with lid, accession number 5-6650a,b, described as basket with lid; grass in coiling technique; a) basket; deep; straight sided; indented base; 2 parallel panels of red & blue geometric designs; diameter 8 cm; height 8.5 cm; b) Lid; conical; diameter 8 cm; height 9 cm. (overall height 17.5 cm). Collected Feb 1967.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Woven basket with lid, accession number 5-6650a,b, described as basket with lid; grass in coiling technique; a) basket; deep; straight sided; indented base; 2 parallel panels of red & blue geometric designs; diameter 8 cm; height 8.5 cm; b) Lid; conical; diameter 8 cm; height 9 cm. (overall height 17.5 cm). Collected Feb 1967.

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