oval basket (a) and lid (b) woven with zig zag pattern around sides and lid. weaving material dyed purple, bright pink, green, orange or left natural. basket is coiled with grass base.
Donor:
Dorothy Shack
Collection place:
Ethiopia
Collector:
Dorothy Shack and William A. Shack
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
May 14, 2009
Context of use:
decorative, household
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 14.5 centimeters, length 17 centimeters, and height 9.2 centimeters