Basket

Museum number:
5-13165
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050013165
Description:
I-Tal-Uri., Kenya, Basuba, Waboni. August, 1975. 5-13165, acc no. 3174. File code: 1.5 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: University appropriation. Materials, techniques: Mede leaf (Duom palm) in checker plaiting 2 ply-handle from bark of Darup tree. Context of use: Made and used by Boni women. Hangs in the house for holding food, clothing, etc. A typical Boni basket. Made in 1974. Description: Basket; oblong/storage basket of palm leaves in checker plaiting; 2-ply handle made from bark fiber (broken); l. at top 58 cm.
Collection place:
Basuba, Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Kenya, Basuba, Waboni
Culture or time period:
Aweer people
Collector:
Jean Colvin
Collection date:
August, 1975
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-13165, described as I-Tal-Uri., Kenya, Basuba, Waboni. August, 1975. 5-13165, acc no. 3174. File code: 1.5 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: University appropriation. Materials, techniques: Mede leaf (Duom palm) in checker plaiting 2 ply-handle from bark of Darup tree. Context of use: Made and used by Boni women. Hangs in the house for holding food, clothing, etc. A typical Boni basket. Made in 1974. Description: Basket; oblong/storage basket of palm leaves in checker plaiting; 2-ply handle made from bark fiber (broken); l. at top 58 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-13165, described as I-Tal-Uri., Kenya, Basuba, Waboni. August, 1975. 5-13165, acc no. 3174. File code: 1.5 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: University appropriation. Materials, techniques: Mede leaf (Duom palm) in checker plaiting 2 ply-handle from bark of Darup tree. Context of use: Made and used by Boni women. Hangs in the house for holding food, clothing, etc. A typical Boni basket. Made in 1974. Description: Basket; oblong/storage basket of palm leaves in checker plaiting; 2-ply handle made from bark fiber (broken); l. at top 58 cm.

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