Basket

Museum number:
9-17140
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Accession number:
Acc.3934
Description:
Backpack basket. Deep and narrow; plaited weave with geometric design using black rattan on neutral background. Blue cotton fringe decorates rim, 2 red pieces of fringe on front of basket, blue tassels on carrying straps; straps are attached to rim and strung through base. Base is bent wood in “X” pattern.
Donor:
Beth Harnex MacLafferty Blake
Collection place:
Vietnam
Culture or time period:
Vietnamese
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Plaited weaving
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
April 1, 1984
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 9-17140, described as Backpack basket. Deep and narrow; plaited weave with geometric design using black rattan on neutral background. Blue cotton fringe decorates rim, 2 red pieces of fringe on front of basket, blue tassels on carrying straps; straps are attached to rim and strung through base. Base is bent wood in “X” pattern.

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