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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
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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