Serving basket and lid

Museum number:
5-16845a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
60 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4729
Description:
a) round basket on conical base. exterior is natural light brown color. interior is red, green, and purple. woven grass or reed. b) lid of natural light brown woven grass or reed exterior. conical knob of woven grass. interior red, green and purple.
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:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
May 22, 2002
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
b— height 14 centimeters, a— height 24 centimeters, b— diameter 19 centimeters, and a— diameter 19 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Serving basket and lid, accession number 5-16845a,b, described as a) round basket on conical base. exterior is natural light brown color. interior is red, green, and purple. woven grass or reed. b) lid of natural light brown woven grass or reed exterior. conical knob of woven grass. interior red, green and purple.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Serving basket and lid, accession number 5-16845a,b, described as a) round basket on conical base. exterior is natural light brown color. interior is red, green, and purple. woven grass or reed. b) lid of natural light brown woven grass or reed exterior. conical knob of woven grass. interior red, green and purple.

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