Basket lid

Museum number:
5-1692
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Alternate number:
B35 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1302
Description:
Bajok imitation of imported boxes; rectangular; 12.5" x 6.5" x 4.5", 31.75cm x 16.54cm x 11.43cm Imitation of the suitcases and boxes sold in stores. The construction and share are not traditional
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:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basket lid, accession number 5-1692, described as Bajok imitation of imported boxes; rectangular; 12.5" x 6.5" x 4.5", 31.75cm x 16.54cm x 11.43cm Imitation of the suitcases and boxes sold in stores. The construction and share are not traditional
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket lid, accession number 5-1692, described as Bajok imitation of imported boxes; rectangular; 12.5" x 6.5" x 4.5", 31.75cm x 16.54cm x 11.43cm Imitation of the suitcases and boxes sold in stores. The construction and share are not traditional

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