Tray

Museum number:
5-10264
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050010264
Alternate number:
B-1873 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2819
Description:
tray; shallow basket; red, green; twill-plaited; over 2 under 2; wrapped hoop rim; red band across center; diam. 36.5 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ife, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Ife; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1938
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plaited weaving and Trays
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1971
Context of use:
market tray
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
diameter 36.5 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez, 131C (Murdock 31:31)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Tray, accession number 5-10264, described as tray; shallow basket; red, green; twill-plaited; over 2 under 2; wrapped hoop rim; red band across center; diam. 36.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Tray, accession number 5-10264, described as tray; shallow basket; red, green; twill-plaited; over 2 under 2; wrapped hoop rim; red band across center; diam. 36.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tray, accession number 5-10264, described as tray; shallow basket; red, green; twill-plaited; over 2 under 2; wrapped hoop rim; red band across center; diam. 36.5 cm.

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