Accession No
1948.2329 B
Description
Shallow ovular seed tray of woven plant fibre, with a thickened rim of wood wrapped with natural colour plant fibre, possibly cane. Formed of two layers; the upper layer has red warps and narrow wefts with a zigzag pattern of natural colour on a red background; the base layer has broad warps and narrow wefts, both of natural colour.
Place
Africa; Central Africa; Rwanda
Period
Source
Guillebaud, Margaret Lindesay Gamul (Mrs) [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1948.2329 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Plant; ?Cane; Wood
Local Term
Measurements
150mm x 23mm x 160mm
Events
Context (Acquisition Details)
Donated by Mrs M. Guillebaud.
Event Date 1948
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1948.2329 A-B: 'Two circular seed trays of fine double wicker-work, the outside and inside of the same fineness of weave. Both have broad red-stained warps inside, and natural coloured ones, outside, with fine wefts. B: Reinforced border of wrapped bundle of strands. Inside pattern of red acute triangles woven in, in the same manner as A.'
Event Date 1948
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Shallow ovular seed tray of woven plant fibre, with a thickened rim of wood wrapped with natural colour plant fibre, possibly cane. Formed of two layers; the upper layer has red warps and narrow wefts with a zigzag pattern of natural colour on a red background; the base layer has broad warps and narrow wefts, both of natural colour.
Event Date 30/11/2022
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
FM:300336
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