- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Circular coiled basketry lid with twisted plant fibre loop threaded through the top. For the coiled basketry base decorated with vertical strips of dyed plant fibre see 1904.54.53 .1. [CW [OPS Move] 7/12/2016]
- Long description
- Basket [.1] and coiled lid [.2]. The basket is coiled and covered inside and outside with vertical dyed strips of plant fibre. [MJD 10/6/2010]
- Cultural groups
- Hausa
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1904
- Date collected
- Before 1904
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1904
- Materials and processes
- Material Plant Fibre, Material Pigment, Process Basketry, Process Coiled, Process Dyed
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 120 mm, Height: max 55 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1904.54.53.2
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