Accession No
1948.2320 B
Description
Tapered coiled cylindrical basket with a coiled conical cover. The basket has a slight inverted base, with woven zig-zag designs in black plant fibre, and a narrow plaited rim. There is a faded band of comparatively darker brown plant fibre at the cover apex, as well as multiple bands which extend halfway along the base.
Place
Africa; Central Africa; Rwanda
Period
Source
Guillebaud, Margaret Lindesay Gamul (Mrs) [field collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1948.2320 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Plant; Fibre
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Other owners)
(bio) (female donor): Mrs M. Guilleband
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1948.2320 A-C: 'Three tumbler-shaped coiled baskets with plain conical covers. ...B: Fine work. A zig-zag pattern but made in the same way as A...'.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Tapered coiled cylindrical basket with a coiled conical cover. The basket has a slight inverted base, with woven zig-zag designs in black plant fibre, and a narrow plaited rim. There is a faded band of comparatively darker brown plant fibre at the cover apex, as well as multiple bands which extend halfway along the base.
Event Date 1/12/2022
Author: Jane Pettitt
FM:300372
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