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Object Number 2016.14.60
Display Title Deep bowl-shaped basket
Descriptions
Object Description Deep bowl-shaped basket, brown fret pattern on two sides
Inventory Description Basket, open bowl, coiled, flat round base, flared body, darker brown triangular pattern
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Date 1962-1964 or earlier
Culture
  • Bairu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms Ankole Kingdom
Materials Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 16 × 47 × 47 cm (6 5/16 × 18 1/2 × 18 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2016.14.60
Credit Line Gift of Elizabeth Hopkins
Provenance
Collector Dr. Elizabeth Hopkins (1962-1964)
Donor Donated by Dr. Elizabeth Hopkins (6/30/2016)

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