Basket

Museum number:
5-4672a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21054672a@2cb
Alternate number:
B-58 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2078
Description:
(a) round coiled basket with (b) lid; multicolor dyed materials: total height 7 cm. Used for women's jewelry storage by all groups; made by Muslim Amhara. Collected circa 1965.
Donor:
Frederick C. Gamst and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Addis Alem, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
Ethiopia; Addis Aläm; Muslim Amhara
Culture or time period:
Amhara
Collector:
Frederick C. Gamst
Collection date:
ca. 1965
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 5-4672a,b, described as (a) round coiled basket with (b) lid; multicolor dyed materials: total height 7 cm. Used for women's jewelry storage by all groups; made by Muslim Amhara. Collected circa 1965.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 5-4672a,b, described as (a) round coiled basket with (b) lid; multicolor dyed materials: total height 7 cm. Used for women's jewelry storage by all groups; made by Muslim Amhara. Collected circa 1965.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-4672a,b, described as (a) round coiled basket with (b) lid; multicolor dyed materials: total height 7 cm. Used for women's jewelry storage by all groups; made by Muslim Amhara. Collected circa 1965.

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