Basket

Museum number:
5-8614
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4022
Description:
Basket, coiled; straw bundles with strips of leather spiraling around the surface of the basket. A circular piece of leather reinforces the base of the basket. Height 21 cm.
Donor:
Susan Weeks and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Egypt; Bisharin (Beja), (Red Sea Hills, Hamitic Nomadic Tribe)
Culture or time period:
Bisharin
Collector:
Susan Weeks
Materials:
Leather and Straw (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 21 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-8614, described as Basket, coiled; straw bundles with strips of leather spiraling around the surface of the basket. A circular piece of leather reinforces the base of the basket. Height 21 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-8614, described as Basket, coiled; straw bundles with strips of leather spiraling around the surface of the basket. A circular piece of leather reinforces the base of the basket. Height 21 cm.

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