Container and lid

Museum number:
5-10433a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210510433a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4021
Description:
Container; palm fiber and leather; rim edged with triangular leather trim plaited and fringed; leather thong carrying cord attached at sides. Dome shaped lid edged with leather thong. Height 25 cm. Diameter 33 cm.
Donor:
Natalie Tobert and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Darfur (historical province), Sudan
Verbatim coll. place:
Sudan; Darfur Province; Beni Hussein
Culture or time period:
Beni Hussein
Collector:
Natalie Tobert
Collection date:
April 1984-March 1985
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Containers (receptacles) and Plaited weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Context of use:
Container for flour
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Container and lid, accession number 5-10433a,b, described as Container; palm fiber and leather; rim edged with triangular leather trim plaited and fringed; leather thong carrying cord attached at sides. Dome shaped lid edged with leather thong. Height 25 cm. Diameter 33 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Container and lid, accession number 5-10433a,b, described as Container; palm fiber and leather; rim edged with triangular leather trim plaited and fringed; leather thong carrying cord attached at sides. Dome shaped lid edged with leather thong. Height 25 cm. Diameter 33 cm.

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