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Object Number 2016.14.42
Display Title Large oval basket with fret pattern
Descriptions
Inventory Description Basket, cylindrical, tapered, slight concave base, coiled plant fiber, checkered fret 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: 29.5 × 26 × 26 cm (11 5/8 × 10 1/4 × 10 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2016.14.42
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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