Basket and lid

Museum number:
9-17276a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210917276a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.3934
Description:
Basket for carrying fish. Wickerwork; body (a) has four wooden legs woven in on square bottom bottlenecked; reinforced rim with rattan; two small rattan handles woven in sides, attached by red fiber string. Top (b) is circular woven cane work with ends drawn together to for weir opening; cane wickerwork reinforcement.
Donor:
Beth Harnex MacLafferty Blake
Collection place:
Vietnam
Verbatim coll. place:
Vietnam
Culture or time period:
Vietnamese
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
April 1, 1984
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 9-17276a,b, described as Basket for carrying fish. Wickerwork; body (a) has four wooden legs woven in on square bottom bottlenecked; reinforced rim with rattan; two small rattan handles woven in sides, attached by red fiber string. Top (b) is circular woven cane work with ends drawn together to for weir opening; cane wickerwork reinforcement.

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