Basket with lid

Museum number:
5-16855a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
26 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4729
Description:
basket (a) light brown of grass or reed. decoration of black squares. lid (b) of similar design. knob in center.
Donor:
Dorothy Shack
Collection place:
Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
East Africa, Ethiopia
Culture or time period:
Gurage
Collector:
Dorothy Shack and William A. Shack
Materials:
Reed
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
May 22, 2002
Context of use:
kept in Shack's office
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
a— height 18 centimeters, b— height 9 centimeters, and a— diameter 17 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket with lid, accession number 5-16855a,b, described as basket (a) light brown of grass or reed. decoration of black squares. lid (b) of similar design. knob in center.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket with lid, accession number 5-16855a,b, described as basket (a) light brown of grass or reed. decoration of black squares. lid (b) of similar design. knob in center.

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