krosnica or sepetic (little basket)- basket, hazelwood splints, plain weave, with 1 natural twig handle on one side at top. Dark outer bark left on some strips for decorative effect. Size: 23.5 cm including handle 20cm diameter Used by all, bus especially women who have greater need in household. An all purpose basket, e.g. to gather and transport eggs to market, to gather fruits, as a storage container, etc.
Donor:
University Appropriation and William G. Lockwood
Collection place:
Western Balkans
Verbatim coll. place:
Yugoslavia, Bosnia, Bornsa near Visoko. Moslem
Collector:
William G. Lockwood
Collection date:
Feb 1968
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)