Basket

Museum number:
5-1747
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050001747
Alternate number:
A3
Accession number:
Acc.1383
Description:
Men's journey basket (ékat) ; with handle openwork (handle broken), design at top, darkened with age. rim diameter: 12" 30.48cm, height: 11.5" 29.2 Woven by men exclusively
Donor:
James W. Fernandez and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Gabon
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Gabon; Fang
Culture or time period:
Fang
Collector:
James W. Fernandez
Collection date:
1960
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1961
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-1747, described as Men's journey basket (ékat) ; with handle openwork (handle broken), design at top, darkened with age. rim diameter: 12" 30.48cm, height: 11.5" 29.2 Woven by men exclusively
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-1747, described as Men's journey basket (ékat) ; with handle openwork (handle broken), design at top, darkened with age. rim diameter: 12" 30.48cm, height: 11.5" 29.2 Woven by men exclusively

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