Accession No
1948.2320 C
Description
Cylindrical coiled basket with an attached coiled conical cover. The basket has a flat base, woven zig-zag detailing in woven black plant fibre, and a plaited fibre rim. The lower body third of the basket is of a slightly darker brown plant fibre to the remainder of the body. The attached cover is of a similar size to the basket.
Place
Africa; Central Africa; Rwanda
Period
Source
Guillebaud, Margaret Lindesay Gamul (Mrs) [field collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1948.2320 C
Cultural Affliation
Material
Plant; Fibre
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
There is a faded black ink marking on the inside the cover which reads: [indecipherable text] 6'.
Event Date
Author: Jane Pettitt
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...C: The smallest. Similar zig-zag pattern to B, the horizontal lines being of one strand only; made in the same way as A & B. Flat base'.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Cylindrical coiled basket with an attached coiled conical cover. The basket has a flat base, woven zig-zag detailing in woven black plant fibre, and a plaited fibre rim. The lower body third of the basket is of a slightly darker brown plant fibre to the remainder of the body. The attached cover is of a similar size to the basket.
Event Date 1/12/2022
Author: Jane Pettitt
FM:300373
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