Basket

Museum number:
5-1745
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050001745
Alternate number:
A1 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1383
Description:
Women's back basket (nkweng), hexagonal bottom; with double arm straps; diameter: 15" 38.1cm, height: 21.5" 54.6cm Woven by men for women
Donor:
James W. Fernandez and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Gabon
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Gabon; Fang
Culture or time period:
Fang
Collector:
James W. Fernandez
Collection date:
1960
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1961
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1963-1964 #13: Cole Elementary School/Beverly D. Deffes (September 12, 1963–September 13, 1963) and S1981-1982 #25: de Saisset Museum (Santa Clara Univ.) (December 11, 1981–April 1, 1982)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-1745, described as Women's back basket (nkweng), hexagonal bottom; with double arm straps; diameter: 15" 38.1cm, height: 21.5" 54.6cm Woven by men for women
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-1745, described as Women's back basket (nkweng), hexagonal bottom; with double arm straps; diameter: 15" 38.1cm, height: 21.5" 54.6cm Woven by men for women

Tools