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1968.20.179

Round basket of woven plant fibre with four black and red bands with leather reinforcement and carrying handle. [MOBB [OPS move] 1/12/2016]


1968.20.179

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Collection type
Object
Description
Round basket of woven plant fibre with four black and red bands with leather reinforcement and carrying handle. [MOBB [OPS move] 1/12/2016]
Geographical reference
Wamunyu Location
Cultural groups
Kamba
Person
Field collector Jean Brown Sassoon
PRM source Jean Brown Sassoon
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1968
Date collected
1968
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1968
Materials and processes
Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Sisal Fibre Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Material Pigment, Process Basketry, Process Plaited, Process Coiled, Process Stitched
Dimensions
Diameter 270 mm, Height: max 32 mm, Width: max 251 mm, Length: max 416 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1968.20.179 Other numbers: K11
Research and responses

'Sansevieria: genus of ornamental foliage plants in the family Agavaceae' - see Encyclopaedia Britannica Online [OD 7/3/2001].

Search terms: Basketry, Vessel, Status, Basket