Serving basket

Museum number:
5-16844
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
59 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4729
Description:
basketry; serving; woven of grass or reed. lower portion is conical in shape; upper basket is of firmer weave with decorative colored bands (red, black, green) at base, center and rim. 2 separate baskets are joined with upper basket fitted into the top of the lower conical basket.
Donor:
Dorothy Shack
Collection place:
Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
East Africa, Ethiopia, Gurage
Culture or time period:
Gurage
Collector:
Dorothy Shack and William A. Shack
Materials:
Reed
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
May 22, 2002
Context of use:
household - serving
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
diameter 19 centimeters and height 18 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Serving basket, accession number 5-16844, described as basketry; serving; woven of grass or reed. lower portion is conical in shape; upper basket is of firmer weave with decorative colored bands (red, black, green) at base, center and rim. 2 separate baskets are joined with upper basket fitted into the top of the lower conical basket.

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