- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Bowl shaped basketry dish-cover. the cover is patterned with a repeating design of right angle triangles made from weft strands dyed black. [CW [OPS move] 16/12/2016]
- Geographical reference
- Southern Nigeria Niger Delta Rivers State Bonny
- Person
- Field collector William Allan
- Field collector Church Missionary Society
- PRM source William Allan
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1902
- Date collected
- By 1902
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1902
- Materials and processes
- Process Basketry
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 278 mm, Height: max 96 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1902.9.60
- Research and responses
For an account by the donor of a visit to Bonny in 1888, see pages 27-30 of My Visit to West Africa (Gleaners' Union Tracts, Series A, no. 1), by the Rev. W. Allan, M.A. (London: Church Missionary Society 1889). (A copy of this booklet was transferred from the RDF for 1902.9 to the Balfour Library on 26 May 2009; a photocopy of the relevant pages being retained in the RDF for 1902.9.31-.45.) [JC 27 5 2009]
Search terms: Food and Drink, Basketry, Lid, Food Accessory
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