Basket

Museum number:
9-17180
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
155 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3934
Description:
backpack; woven with split bamboo. square wooden base. bamboo frame. straps are four rattan element circular braid attached to base and frame. basket tapers at the top. square shaped opening faces back of wearer. dark stained split bamboo used as contrast decoration. skeleton frame tied in the inside with two ply vegetable chord.
Donor:
Beth Harnex MacLafferty Blake
Collection place:
Vietnam
Verbatim coll. place:
Vietnam, Montagnard
Culture or time period:
Vietnamese
Collection date:
1954-1959
Materials:
Bamboo (material) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
April 1, 1984
Context of use:
burden basket
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 51.5 centimeters and diameter 77 centimeters
Loans:
S1989-1990 #11: Wing Luke Museum (December 5, 1989–July 17, 1990) and S2002-2003 #13: American Museum of Natural History/Maria Yakimov (February 18, 2003–January 15, 2004)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Basket, accession number 9-17180, described as backpack; woven with split bamboo. square wooden base. bamboo frame. straps are four rattan element circular braid attached to base and frame. basket tapers at the top. square shaped opening faces back of wearer. dark stained split bamboo used as contrast decoration. skeleton frame tied in the inside with two ply vegetable chord.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Basket, accession number 9-17180, described as backpack; woven with split bamboo. square wooden base. bamboo frame. straps are four rattan element circular braid attached to base and frame. basket tapers at the top. square shaped opening faces back of wearer. dark stained split bamboo used as contrast decoration. skeleton frame tied in the inside with two ply vegetable chord.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Basket, accession number 9-17180, described as backpack; woven with split bamboo. square wooden base. bamboo frame. straps are four rattan element circular braid attached to base and frame. basket tapers at the top. square shaped opening faces back of wearer. dark stained split bamboo used as contrast decoration. skeleton frame tied in the inside with two ply vegetable chord.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Basket, accession number 9-17180, described as backpack; woven with split bamboo. square wooden base. bamboo frame. straps are four rattan element circular braid attached to base and frame. basket tapers at the top. square shaped opening faces back of wearer. dark stained split bamboo used as contrast decoration. skeleton frame tied in the inside with two ply vegetable chord.

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