Accession No
Z 21228 C
Description
A basketry tray or dish woven with two layers across the body and an integrated rim. Woven from natural coloured fibres and decorated with a large zig-zag pattern in black pigment one the top, and mall woven zig-zag pattern around the rim.
Place
Africa; Central Africa; Rwanda
Period
Source
Guillebaud, Margaret Lindesay Gamul (Mrs) [field collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 21228 C
Cultural Affliation
Material
Plant; Fibre; Pigment
Local Term
Measurements
130mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 21228 [A-J]: 'Ten flat circular coiled basketwork mats, of European influence, which is seen in the patterns and in the whole design. Various geometrical and star patterns, those with curves being European. The patterns are in red and black.'
Event Date 1/10/1999
Author: maa
Context (Analysis)
Curved trays resemble seed trays, cf. 1948.2324-1948.2332.
Event Date 14/11/2001
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
A basketry tray or dish woven with two layers across the body and an integrated rim. Woven from natural coloured fibres and decorated with a large zig-zag pattern in black pigment one the top, and mall woven zig-zag pattern around the rim.
Event Date 29/11/2022
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:300320
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