Basket

Museum number:
9-17128a,b
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Accession number:
Acc.3934
Description:
Basket with cover. Plaited split bamboo. Bent wood forming a cross serves as base for each basket and cover is attached at each corner and center. Two strand s of split bamboo attached to the center of one of the bases serve as handles. 19 cm high, 57 cm diameter.
Donor:
Beth Harnex MacLafferty Blake
Collection place:
Laos
Verbatim coll. place:
Laos
Culture or time period:
Laotian
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Plaited weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
April 1, 1984
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 9-17128a,b, described as Basket with cover. Plaited split bamboo. Bent wood forming a cross serves as base for each basket and cover is attached at each corner and center. Two strand s of split bamboo attached to the center of one of the bases serve as handles. 19 cm high, 57 cm diameter.

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