Basket

Museum number:
5-15741
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
S-35
Accession number:
Acc.4613
Description:
Carrying basket, fiber, square, without lid; wrapped (bamboo?) rings, with spiraling openwork designs; sewn together, four rings per side, two at bottom and two at each end; two-ring open ring handle; natural color; length (without handle) 27.3 centimeters X width 27.3 centimeters X height 14.0 centimeters.
Donor:
Burton Benedict
Collection place:
Seychelles Islands
Collector:
Burton Benedict
Collection date:
1975
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
December 10, 1993
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 5-15741, described as Carrying basket, fiber, square, without lid; wrapped (bamboo?) rings, with spiraling openwork designs; sewn together, four rings per side, two at bottom and two at each end; two-ring open ring handle; natural color; length (without handle) 27.3 centimeters X width 27.3 centimeters X height 14.0 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 5-15741, described as Carrying basket, fiber, square, without lid; wrapped (bamboo?) rings, with spiraling openwork designs; sewn together, four rings per side, two at bottom and two at each end; two-ring open ring handle; natural color; length (without handle) 27.3 centimeters X width 27.3 centimeters X height 14.0 centimeters.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-15741, described as Carrying basket, fiber, square, without lid; wrapped (bamboo?) rings, with spiraling openwork designs; sewn together, four rings per side, two at bottom and two at each end; two-ring open ring handle; natural color; length (without handle) 27.3 centimeters X width 27.3 centimeters X height 14.0 centimeters.

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