Basket

Museum number:
5-6722a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
152 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2307
Description:
basket with lid; grass in coiling technique on bundle core; wide stitching, both inter & interlocking type; natural color with black designs; herring bone over-stitch rims; a) basket; sub-globular shape with bulging base; b) lid; flattened beehive shape with knob; overall height 17.5 cm; diameter base 13 cm. Native name: Ekigega. Used by men and women for storage. Collected July 1967.
Donor:
Mary Jean Aerni and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Uganda; Mbarara; Hima (Murdock 45)
Collector:
Mary Jean Aerni
Collection date:
July 1967
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-6722a,b, described as basket with lid; grass in coiling technique on bundle core; wide stitching, both inter & interlocking type; natural color with black designs; herring bone over-stitch rims; a) basket; sub-globular shape with bulging base; b) lid; flattened beehive shape with knob; overall height 17.5 cm; diameter base 13 cm. Native name: Ekigega. Used by men and women for storage. Collected July 1967.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-6722a,b, described as basket with lid; grass in coiling technique on bundle core; wide stitching, both inter & interlocking type; natural color with black designs; herring bone over-stitch rims; a) basket; sub-globular shape with bulging base; b) lid; flattened beehive shape with knob; overall height 17.5 cm; diameter base 13 cm. Native name: Ekigega. Used by men and women for storage. Collected July 1967.

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