Basket

Museum number:
5-1687
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B30 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1302
Description:
Woman's basket; open work, rectangular bottom; 26" x 11.5" x 9", 66.0cm x 29.2 cm x 22 16cm For carrying things to and from fields
Donor:
Igor Kopytoff and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Batchok (Chokwe)
Culture or time period:
Chokwe
Collector:
Igor Kopytoff
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1979-1980 #18: American Federation of Arts (October 25, 1979–September 25, 1981)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-1687, described as Woman's basket; open work, rectangular bottom; 26" x 11.5" x 9", 66.0cm x 29.2 cm x 22 16cm For carrying things to and from fields
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-1687, described as Woman's basket; open work, rectangular bottom; 26" x 11.5" x 9", 66.0cm x 29.2 cm x 22 16cm For carrying things to and from fields

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