L-1, #22 (previous number (collector's original number)) and PD-22 (attributed PAHMA number)
Accession number:
Acc.4776
Description:
Tall fishing basket with wide belly and narrow mouth. Woven with loose lattice pattern and herringbone base.
Donor:
Penelope Delevoryas
Collection place:
Woleu-Ntem province, Gabon
Verbatim coll. place:
W. Africa, Cameroon, Canton Sud, Woleu-Ntem Province, Bitam Area, Bile-ossi Village
Culture or time period:
Fang
Collector:
Penelope Delevoryas
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing and 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
July 20, 2011
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
diameter 15 centimeters and height 21 centimeters
Comment:
Donor's note: Women strap one to their waists and put in fish taken from dammed-up stream (make small mud dam and bucket out water leaving fish behind). Made from fine strip of liane (vine).