Basket

Museum number:
5-1746
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
A2 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1383
Description:
Women's back basket (nkweng), hexagonal bottom; with double arm straps; rim diameter: 13" 33.02cm, height: 18.5" 47.0cm 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 5-1746, described as Women's back basket (nkweng), hexagonal bottom; with double arm straps; rim diameter: 13" 33.02cm, height: 18.5" 47.0cm Woven by men exclusively
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-1746, described as Women's back basket (nkweng), hexagonal bottom; with double arm straps; rim diameter: 13" 33.02cm, height: 18.5" 47.0cm Woven by men exclusively

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