Basket

Museum number:
5-5462
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2037
Description:
Coiled basket (Gadagar); tree bark wrapped around grass bundle foundation; rim. dia. 17 cm.
Donor:
Paul Hinderling and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Mokolo, North Region, Cameroon
Verbatim coll. place:
N. Cameroon; Mokolo; Mafa tribe (Murdock's 13:39 Mofu [Muffo])
Culture or time period:
Mafa tribe
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-5462, described as Coiled basket (Gadagar); tree bark wrapped around grass bundle foundation; rim. dia. 17 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-5462, described as Coiled basket (Gadagar); tree bark wrapped around grass bundle foundation; rim. dia. 17 cm.

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