Basket

Museum number:
5-17077
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
L-1, #32 (previous number (collector's original number)) and PD-32 (attributed PAHMA number)
Accession number:
Acc.4776
Description:
Shallow decorative basket with a floweret design at center, and diamonds and triangles on sides. Two colors of material are used, one slightly darker than the other, which forms the pattern. The basket is finished with warp strands trimmed to form 8 pointed extensions around the edge.
Donor:
Penelope Delevoryas
Collection place:
Bitam, Woleu-Ntem province, Gabon
Verbatim coll. place:
W. Africa, Cameroon, Bitam area
Collector:
Penelope Delevoryas
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household and 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
July 20, 2011
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 5 centimeters and diameter 26.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 5-17077, described as Shallow decorative basket with a floweret design at center, and diamonds and triangles on sides. Two colors of material are used, one slightly darker than the other, which forms the pattern. The basket is finished with warp strands trimmed to form 8 pointed extensions around the edge.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 5-17077, described as Shallow decorative basket with a floweret design at center, and diamonds and triangles on sides. Two colors of material are used, one slightly darker than the other, which forms the pattern. The basket is finished with warp strands trimmed to form 8 pointed extensions around the edge.

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