Basket Item Number: K4.227 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Plain rectangular basket with lid. Sides flare outward and downward. Lid is coiled around the rim with a longitudinal slat bound at either side on top where they are connected across the mddle by the coiled loop handle.
Item History
- Made in Congo
- Owned by Alfred Bragg before 1947
- Received from Alfred Bragg (Donor) during 1947
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- K4.227
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- stem ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- simple weave
- Overall
- height 27.0 cm, width 59.2 cm, depth 22.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- West African
- Previous Owner
- Alfred Bragg
- Received from
- Alfred Bragg (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Congo
When
- Ownership Date
- before 1947
- Acquisition Date
- during 1947
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 1828/0030