Coaster
- Museum number:
- 5-16749d
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm2105016749d
- Alternate number:
- 516749
- Description:
- set of 4 coasters woven of natural, orange and navy, blue dyed raffia, coiled braid pattern with a natural finishing band.
- Collection place:
- Western Africa
- Verbatim coll. place:
- W. Africa
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Materials:
- Raffia (fiber)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Basketry (object genre), Coasters (containers), and Coiled weaving
- Function:
- 1.5 Household
- Context of use:
- Household
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)