Accession No
1888.41
Description
Basket, globular in shape, made of palm leaf by Africans of the Bahamas for carrying onions
Place
Americas; Caribbean; West Indies; The Bahamas
Period
Source
Shipley, Arthur Everett (Sir) [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1888.41; MAA: AR 1888.41
Cultural Affliation
Material
Basketry; Leaf; Palm Leaf
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Acquisition Details)
Donated by Sir Arthur Everett Shipley GBE FRS (1861- 1927) an English zoologist and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1917-1919). Shipley was University demonstrator in comparative anatomy in 1886, lecturer in the advanced morphology of the Invertebrata in 1894, and reader in zoology in 1908 and Master of Christ's College from 1910- 1927.
Event Date
Author: rachel hand
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: ‘1888.41. A globular basket made of palm leaf by negroes of Bahama for carrying onions, 1887. A.E. Shipley, M.A.’
Event Date 1888
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Basket, globular in shape, made of palm leaf by Africans of the Bahamas for carrying onions
Event Date 8/10/2019
Author: Mark Elliott
Context (Acquisition Details)
Register notes donated by 'A.E Shipley, M.A.
Event Date 7/12/2021
Author: rachel hand
FM:84370
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