Basket

Museum number:
5-11465
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050011465
Accession number:
Acc.2879
Description:
Basket, Nigeria, northern provinces. July 27, 1972. 5-11465, acc no. 2879, file code 1.5. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: double strands of straw plaited into basket; simple diamond-shaped linked motif around basket; coiling introduced for reinforcement Context of use: to hold household goods, etc. Description: Basket, plaited, bowl-shaped; coil reinforcement; undecorated except for outline of diamond-shaped linked band around middle; handle on either side; white, red, black; 31 cm. diameter at rim; 16.5 cm. h.;
Donor:
Thomas D. Lanagan and W. H. Lawson
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; N. province att.
Collector:
Thomas D. Lanagan
Collection date:
July 27, 1972
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Plaited weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
July 27, 1972
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-11465, described as Basket, Nigeria, northern provinces. July 27, 1972. 5-11465, acc no. 2879, file code 1.5. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: double strands of straw plaited into basket; simple diamond-shaped linked motif around basket; coiling introduced for reinforcement Context of use: to hold household goods, etc. Description: Basket, plaited, bowl-shaped; coil reinforcement; undecorated except for outline of diamond-shaped linked band around middle; handle on either side; white, red, black; 31 cm. diameter at rim; 16.5 cm. h.;
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-11465, described as Basket, Nigeria, northern provinces. July 27, 1972. 5-11465, acc no. 2879, file code 1.5. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: double strands of straw plaited into basket; simple diamond-shaped linked motif around basket; coiling introduced for reinforcement Context of use: to hold household goods, etc. Description: Basket, plaited, bowl-shaped; coil reinforcement; undecorated except for outline of diamond-shaped linked band around middle; handle on either side; white, red, black; 31 cm. diameter at rim; 16.5 cm. h.;

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