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Object Number
2011.19.57
Display Title
Basketry tray with alternating rows of light and dark zigzag pattern
Descriptions
Object Description
Basketry tray; alternating rows of light and dark zigzag pattern, shallow bowl, thick rim, coiled fiber loop attached at the top (from collector?)
Inventory Description
Basketry tray, shallow, rounded base, brown and tan zigzag pattern, raised rim, bound with cane, twisted fiber loop
Classification
- Tray
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c. 1979 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Ethiopia
Materials
Plant fiber
Dimensions
Other: 8.4 x 40.2 x 39.2 cm (3 5/16 x 15 13/16 x 15 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2011.19.57
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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