Miniature basket

Museum number:
5-1483a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1149
Description:
Miniature basket with lid; plaited, rectangular shape; lid is larger plaited basket that sleeves over basket. Made from bark of papyrus reed. Novelty made for tourists. Edge of base broken and frayed. Height 2.8 cm.
Donor:
Harold Heath and Ida Shelley
Collection place:
Madagascar
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa: Madagascar; S. Imerina, Van Kinan Kavatra region
Materials:
Papyrus (fiber product)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers), Miniature (size attribute), and Plaited weaving
Accession date:
1954
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1974-1975 #107: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (May 28, 1975–May 29, 1975)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Miniature basket, accession number 5-1483a,b, described as Miniature basket with lid; plaited, rectangular shape; lid is larger plaited basket that sleeves over basket. Made from bark of papyrus reed. Novelty made for tourists. Edge of base broken and frayed. Height 2.8 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Miniature basket, accession number 5-1483a,b, described as Miniature basket with lid; plaited, rectangular shape; lid is larger plaited basket that sleeves over basket. Made from bark of papyrus reed. Novelty made for tourists. Edge of base broken and frayed. Height 2.8 cm.

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