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Chair, cone shaped basket attached to 4 sticks by fibre coiling (mbatasameri)
Chair, cone shaped basket attached to 4 sticks by fibre coiling (mbatasameri)
Object Number 39-39-50/3657
Display Title Chair, cone shaped basket attached to 4 sticks by fibre coiling (mbatasameri)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term mbatasameri
Inventory Description Chair, 4 carved wood sticks, tied with bent wood, woven fiber basket seat.
Classification
  • Chair
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bwamba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms Bundibugyo; Fort Portal, 40 miles west of
Materials Wood, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 48 x 56 x 73 cm (18 7/8 x 22 1/16 x 28 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/3657

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