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Object Number
995-29-50/12537
Display Title
Coiled basketry bowl with flaring sides
Descriptions
Object Description
Coiled basketry bowl with flaring sides. Natural background with two brown bands at center. Main design element in brown consists of a solid triangle with four vertical bands attached to base. Motif is repeated eight times in first row on sides and another eight in row near rim. Design continues into rim, which is finished in regular stitch.
Inventory Description
Basketry bowl, flaring sides, brown house-shaped motif on buff, flat base
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1900-1995
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Botswana
Materials
Vegetable fiber, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 13.7 x 33.4 x 33 cm (5 3/8 x 13 1/8 x 13 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-50/12537
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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