Basket

Museum number:
5-1543
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1308
Description:
Cup-shaped open work coiled basket; diameter: 5.5" 12.97 cm, height: 2.5" 6.35cm Made during pre-Boer war period
Donor:
Mrs. Henley Miller
Collection place:
Johannesburg, Gauteng province, Republic of South Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Johannesburg, South Africa Nguni or Tswana
Culture or time period:
Nguni
Collector:
Emily Hussey
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 5-1543, described as Cup-shaped open work coiled basket; diameter: 5.5" 12.97 cm, height: 2.5" 6.35cm Made during pre-Boer war periodHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 5-1543, described as Cup-shaped open work coiled basket; diameter: 5.5" 12.97 cm, height: 2.5" 6.35cm Made during pre-Boer war period
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-1543, described as Cup-shaped open work coiled basket; diameter: 5.5" 12.97 cm, height: 2.5" 6.35cm Made during pre-Boer war period

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