basket. fruit seller's; one year old at the time of purchase; made of sasrit wood; width 67 cm x height 18 cm
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner
Collection place:
Uttar Pradesh, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Uttar Pradesh
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Richard Lerner
Collection date:
June 19, 1970
Materials:
Wood (plant material) (sasrit wood)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
used for carrying fruit in, on the head, while selling it; the basket was stored with a balance at a "mardi" each night for 25 rupees; fruit seller buys 25-40 kilos of fruit, to sell out of the basket