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Object Number 99-12-50/53259
Display Title Basket
Descriptions
Inventory Description Basket, coiled vegetable fiber, brn, red, buff geo design, concave lid withloop
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Abyssinia
Additional Geographic Terms Ethiopia, Eastern Africa
Dimensions Overall: 15 x 19 x 19.4 cm (5 7/8 x 7 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 99-12-50/53259
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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