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Reed container (basket), held together with bark withes, coiled wicker top, deta
Reed container (basket), held together with bark withes, coiled wicker top, deta
Object Number 973-42-50/11761.2
Display Title Reed container (basket), held together with bark withes, coiled wicker top, deta
Descriptions
Object Description Reed container (basket), held together with bark withes, coiled wicker top, detachable. Coarse 4-ply bark twine found with this specimen. Drawing sent to collector for identification, Dec. 1974.
Inventory Description Basket, cylindrical, reeds bound and reinforced withbark, flat base, bark lid
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Date 1972-1973
Culture
  • Machagalla
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ethiopia / Wallega
Additional Geographic Terms Lemu; Gidda Kiramu; Hero Guduru
Materials Reed, Bark
Dimensions Overall: 86.5 x 30 x 33 cm (34 1/16 x 11 13/16 x 13 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 973-42-50/11761.2

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Basket, woven veg fiber w/reed base & rim, squared base, brn/natural waves
973-42-50/11761.1 Basket, woven veg fiber w/reed base & rim, squared base, brn/natural waves
Basket
Wallega
Knotted withes
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Bark
Raw Material
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Withes, ties, and knots (vegetable material)
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Bark
Raw Material
Site ab7-14
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Corn
Raw Material
Site A 12-1
Knotted withes
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Worked Wood
Raw Material
Site pr 4-28
Sticks and withes
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Worked Wood
Raw Material
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Willow withes
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Floral Remain
Raw Material
Site ET-6-10
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Worked Wood
Raw Material
Site pr 12-21
Corncob, withes
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Raw Material
Corn
Site pr 12-20
Twisted withes
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Raw Material
Worked Wood
Site pr 12-6
Corncobs, rind, withes
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Corn
Raw Material
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Loops of withes
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Wood
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