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Object Number
33-55-50/137
Display Title
Small square of matting, recently made in imitation of old implement of Gio potters
Descriptions
Object Description
Small square of matting, recently made in imitation of old implement of Gio potters
Inventory Description
Basketry, woven vegetable fiber, square/flat, with twisted fiber loop at center
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Gio
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Liberia
Materials
Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 10.8 x 10.1 x 0.3 cm (4 1/4 x 4 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
33-55-50/137
Provenance
Collector
Dr. George W. Harley
(1933)
Seller
Dr. George W. Harley
(1933)
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