Basket

Museum number:
5-1693
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050001693
Alternate number:
B36 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1302
Description:
Carrying and storage basket, round mouth, square bottom. Diameter 16 inches, height 12 inches.
Donor:
Igor Kopytoff and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Batchok (Chokwe)
Culture or time period:
Chokwe
Collector:
Igor Kopytoff
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-1693, described as Carrying and storage basket, round mouth, square bottom. Diameter 16 inches, height 12 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-1693, described as Carrying and storage basket, round mouth, square bottom. Diameter 16 inches, height 12 inches.

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