Basket

Museum number:
5-4681a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21054681a@2cb
Alternate number:
B-40 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2078
Description:
(a) Meal-serving table-tray basket (mäsob) with tall cylindrical base & (b) conical lid; multicolor dyed designs; coiled construction; total height 73.6 cm. Leather-thong ties & leather stitched on rims; carried by women on head; a prestige item, to show off wealth. Collected circa 1965.
Donor:
Frederick C. Gamst and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Gondar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
Ethiopia; Begemder; Gondär; Amhara tribe (Murdock 22:1)
Collector:
Frederick C. Gamst
Collection date:
ca. 1965
Object type:
(not specified)
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-4681a,b, described as (a) Meal-serving table-tray basket (mäsob) with tall cylindrical base & (b) conical lid; multicolor dyed designs; coiled construction; total height 73.6 cm. Leather-thong ties & leather stitched on rims; carried by women on head; a prestige item, to show off wealth. Collected circa 1965.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-4681a,b, described as (a) Meal-serving table-tray basket (mäsob) with tall cylindrical base & (b) conical lid; multicolor dyed designs; coiled construction; total height 73.6 cm. Leather-thong ties & leather stitched on rims; carried by women on head; a prestige item, to show off wealth. Collected circa 1965.

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