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Object Number
998-15-50/12843
Display Title
Basket with lid
Descriptions
Object Description
Basket with lid with straps; roughly in the shape of an acorn. Bottom comes to a point and is a combination of plaiting and other techniques; predominantly natural colored vegetable fiber with bands of medium brown and dark brown vegetable fiber. Lid is plaited on the top and has the two shades of brown bands at the sides; lid has two thin braided straps attached. Lid fits snugly onto bottom.
Inventory Description
Basket, woven fiber, conical lid, square base, braided fiber handles
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca. 1919
Culture
- Basonge
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Angola
Africa / Belgian Congo
Africa / Belgian Congo
Materials
Fiber, Vegetable fiber, Dye
Dimensions
Overall: 18 x 11.5 x 11.2 cm (7 1/16 x 4 1/2 x 4 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Gift of Monni Adams
Provenance
Provenance
Manchester City Library
Collector
Reed Paige Clark
(1919 ca.)
Dealer
Norman Hurst
Donor
Dr. Monni Adams
(7/22/98)
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