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Object Number
995-29-50/12536
Display Title
Coiled basketry bowl with flaring sides and animal motif
Descriptions
Object Description
Coiled basketry bowl with flaring sides. Natural background with ten quadruped animals in profile in brown. Design continues into rim, which is finished in regular stitch.
Inventory Description
Basket, coiled veg fiber, brown 4-legged zoomorphs on buff, flared straight wal
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1900-1995
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Botswana
Materials
Vegetable fiber, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 9.9 x 34.2 x 34.1 cm (3 7/8 x 13 7/16 x 13 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-50/12536
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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