Large sack of looped basketry.

Collection type: Object
Description: Large sack of looped basketry.
Geographical reference: Chad
Africa > Central Africa > Chad; Congo, Republic of
Africa > Central Africa > Congo, Republic of; Central African Republic
Africa > Central Africa > Central African Republic; Gabon
Africa > Central Africa > Gabon
Cultural groups: Arab
Person: Field collector Percy Amaury Talbot; PRM source Percy Amaury Talbot
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1914
Date collected: By 1914
Acquisition information: Donated: 1914
Materials and processes: Material Palm Leaf Plant, Process Basketry, Process Looped, Process Twisted
Dimensions: Width: max 620 mm, Length: max 606 mm, Height: max 182 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1914.26.148
Research and responses: I have been unable to find reference to ‘French Central Africa'. Jeremy Coote suggests that this may in fact be French Equatorial Africa. I have questioned this possibility in the Country fields. [JP 7/1/2000]

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