Round, woven basket of natural and dark brown reed. Decorated with a double, 6-pointed star. Edge is finished with 4 offset rows of brown reeds running parallel to the rim.
Donor:
Dorothy Gregor
Collection place:
South Africa, Africa
Culture or time period:
Bantu
Collector:
Dorothy Gregor
Collection date:
1963
Materials:
Reed
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
November 2, 2010
Context of use:
purchased by donor from the maker for 25 cents.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 7 centimeters and diameter 27.3 centimeters