Basket

Museum number:
5-10300
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050010300
Alternate number:
B-40 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2819
Description:
Square basket with a few Cowries and spiral lattice binding; square.H = 16.1 cm, Dia = 16.0 cm
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Hausa
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1971
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Collected in 1944. PAHMA Storage Loc: W-4-7
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 5-10300, described as Square basket with a few Cowries and spiral lattice binding; square.H = 16.1 cm, Dia = 16.0 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 5-10300, described as Square basket with a few Cowries and spiral lattice binding; square.H = 16.1 cm, Dia = 16.0 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-10300, described as Square basket with a few Cowries and spiral lattice binding; square.H = 16.1 cm, Dia = 16.0 cm

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