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"Akahayiha". small basket for coffee berries as a guest gift
"Akahayiha". small basket for coffee berries as a guest gift
Object Number 21-24-50/B2341
Display Title "Akahayiha". small basket for coffee berries as a guest gift
Descriptions
Object Description "Akahayiha". small basket for coffee berries as a guest gift
Inventory Description Basket, woven vegetable fiber, convex base, cylindrical, geometric motif
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bukoba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Additional Geographic Terms Bukoba District; Ussuvi; Victoria Nyanza, SW, Belgian Military Occupation
Materials Vegetable material
Dimensions Overall: 4.6 x 3.1 x 3 cm (1 13/16 x 1 1/4 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B2341
Credit Line Gift of Capt. J. E. Phillips, 1921

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