Accession No
1948.2312 B
Description
Coiled basket with concave base and sloping sides. Conical lid. Body decorated with two bands of dark geometric ornament of interlocking triangles. Base darker than body.
Place
Africa; Central Africa; Rwanda
Period
Source
Guillebaud, Margaret Lindesay Gamul (Mrs) [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1948.2312 B; G9 [inside lid]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Plant; ?Cane; Grass
Local Term
Measurements
161mm
Events
Context (Acquisition Details)
(bio) (female donor): Mrs M. Guilleband
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1948.2312 A-B: 'Two tumbler shaped, small, finely coiled baskets with conical covers (brown points) and brown concave bases. Two parallelgrams encircle the body with a pattern of right angle triangles between the sizes. Baskets used as presents.
A: The cover and body of the same fine coiling. The parallegrams are black (black wrapping on overlaid black foundation) and the triangles of natural wrapping.
B: Cover coarser work than body. Top parallelograms as those on A, only larger; bottom paralleogram black triangles on natural by black overlaid foundation and black wrapping.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Related Documents)
NB. Provenance of catalogue card given as "Belgian Congo" and stored under Ruanda section of card drawer.
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
Coiled basket with concave base and sloping sides. Conical lid. Body decorated with two bands of dark geometric ornament of interlocking triangles. Base darker than body.
Event Date 25/11/2022
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:300268
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