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Object Number
2011.19.54
Display Title
Straw and leather serving bowl; black and red pattern, cowrie shells
Descriptions
Object Description
Straw and leather serving bowl; alternating black, red, green, and brown pattern; radiating basketry weave, bowl tapers to a thick-lipped base, leather rim with 4 evenly-spaced leather loops stitched on the exterior, 3 cowrie shells surround each leather loop
Inventory Description
Basket, round rimmed base, flared body, leather trim on rim, attached cowrie shells, red, blue, green, brown designs
Classification
- Basket
- Bowl
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c. 1979 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Ethiopia
Materials
Leather Straw Dye Cowrie
Dimensions
Other: 10.1 x 32.5 x 31.5 cm (4 x 12 13/16 x 12 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2011.19.54
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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