Basket

Museum number:
9-17223
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3934
Description:
Basket; diagonally plaited; square bottom shaped to round opening; rim reinforced with rattan weaving; bottom has two cross braces; hoop handle made of three rattan strips extending through body. Ht. 17 cm.; diam. 12 cm.
Donor:
Beth Harnex MacLafferty Blake
Collection place:
Laos
Verbatim coll. place:
Laos
Culture or time period:
Laotian
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Plaited weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
April 1, 1984
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 9-17223, described as Basket; diagonally plaited; square bottom shaped to round opening; rim reinforced with rattan weaving; bottom has two cross braces; hoop handle made of three rattan strips extending through body. Ht. 17 cm.; diam. 12 cm.

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