Palm leaf basket for religious offerings. The dish is made from plaited palm leaf, attached to the midrib. The ends are knotted, with one side loose. [CW [OPS Move] 22/2/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Palm leaf basket for religious offerings. The dish is made from plaited palm leaf, attached to the midrib. The ends are knotted, with one side loose. [CW [OPS Move] 22/2/2017]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria
Cultural groups: Igbo
Person: Field collector Winifred Beatrice Yeatman; Field collector Church Missionary Society; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1934
Date collected: July 1934
Acquisition information: Donated: 1942
Materials and processes: Material Palm Leaf Plant, Process Plaited, Process Basketry
Dimensions: Height: max 92 mm, Width: max 194 mm, Length 290 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.13.778 Other numbers: E
Research and responses: There are actually around 90 objects from Winifred Beatrice Yeatman in the collections, all collected in Southern Nigeria and most from Igbo. Her full name is given in some of the entries [AP 3/7/2001]

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