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1884.44.29.1

Set of 5 cylindrical nested baskets with lids of checker and twill twined work, black warp and yellow weft. [DCF Court Team 26/11/2002]

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1884.44.29.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Set of 5 cylindrical nested baskets with lids of checker and twill twined work, black warp and yellow weft. [DCF Court Team 26/11/2002]
Geographical reference
Luanda
Date / Period
Date made: Possibly before 1881
Date collected
?Prior to 1881
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Plant Fibre, Process Twined Woven, Process Twill Woven, Process Chequer Woven, Process Twill, Process Basketry
Dimensions
Height: max 152 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.44.29.1 Accession number: 1884.44.29.2 Accession number: 1884.44.29.3 Accession number: 1884.44.29.4 Accession number: 1884.44.29.5 Other numbers: 166 PR Cat other PR nos: 3672 PR no.: ?654/ 12394 ?672/ 12394 809/ 12394 [? 670/ 12394 and 671/ 12394]
Research and responses

The number 12394 indicates objects obtained by Pitt-Rivers via the Anthropological Institute. [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Search terms: Basketry, Basket, Lid