Basket. "Kikapa" (basket) (Sirahih). Open coiled, globular shaped. Length 26 centimeters, width 22 centimeters. Used for carrying green vegetables, etc. This object was purchased from Mbugwe traders, owned by Hando, wife of Tarmo.
Donor:
Jean Colvin and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Datlaa, Mbulu District, Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
Tanzania; Mbulu district; Datlaa village; Iraqw
Culture or time period:
Iraqw People
Collector:
Jean Colvin
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
August 1982
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1985-1986 #40: SFO Museum (May 21, 1986–October 17, 1986)