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Basket with dyed pink, green, purple and dark blue pattern; lid with woven knob; leather woven into basket; leather strap
Basket with dyed pink, green, purple and dark blue pattern; lid with woven knob; leather woven into basket; leather strap
Object Number 2011.19.36
Display Title Basket with dyed pink, green, purple and dark blue pattern; lid with woven knob; leather woven into basket; leather strap
Descriptions
Object Description Basket with dyed pink, green, purple and dark blue pattern; lid with woven knob, lid has a pink and purple rim, leather woven into basket rim, leather strap stitched into weaving in 2 places, rip in leather strap, basket tapers down to base, base has a lip that protrudes out
Inventory Description Basket, inverted base, flared body, pink, green, purple, blue patterns, fitted lid, raised central knob, attached leather strap
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Date 1979 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ethiopia
Materials Plant fiber Dye Leather
Dimensions Other: 27.2 x 25.2 x 25 cm (10 11/16 x 9 15/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2011.19.36
Credit Line Gift of André J. Navez, Harvard '55
Provenance
Collector André J. Navez (-7/19/2011)
Donor Donated by André J. Navez (-7/19/2011)

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