basketry side table; round, shallow dish on conical base. natural light brown grass or reed constuction. faded red center and rim of dish. base has small red and black geometric pattern.
Donor:
Dorothy Shack
Collection place:
Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
East Africa, Ethiopia, Gurage
Culture or time period:
Gurage
Collector:
Dorothy Shack and William A. Shack
Materials:
Reed
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
May 22, 2002
Context of use:
for serving snacks
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
diameter 28.5 centimeters and height 24.5 centimeters