Basket, backpack

Museum number:
9-17149
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Accession number:
Acc.3934
Description:
Backpack basket. Finely woven wicker work; deep and narrow on short square wood base; decorated with black and red rattan strips towards upper part of basket; carrying straps are woven bamboo strips attached to upper third of basket and strung through base; two narrow handles attached to rim.
Donor:
Beth Harnex MacLafferty Blake
Collection place:
Vietnam
Culture or time period:
Vietnamese
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
April 1, 1984
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, backpack, accession number 9-17149, described as Backpack basket. Finely woven wicker work; deep and narrow on short square wood base; decorated with black and red rattan strips towards upper part of basket; carrying straps are woven bamboo strips attached to upper third of basket and strung through base; two narrow handles attached to rim.

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