Basket Item Number: 3201/8 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Woven basket for winnowing grain. Basket is low and shallow, flaring widely from a small base toward lip. Construction is grass fibre woven around sedge root into thick tubes, winding up from bottom centre to rim. Brown dyed grass is used to create a pattern of triangles across the inside and exterior of the basket. Offset concentric circles of brown decorate the base.
Narrative
Purchased by the donor, at a village on an island in the Okavango Delta, at the end of a wildlife viewing trip, in 1985.
Item History
- Made in Okavango Swamps, Botswana during 1985
- Owned by Janet Tomkins before September 29, 2016
- Received from Janet Tomkins (Donor) on September 29, 2016
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- 3201/8
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- grass, dye and sedge root
- Overall
- height 7.5 cm, diameter 28.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Batswana
- Previous Owner
- Janet Tomkins
- Received from
- Janet Tomkins (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Okavango Swamps, Botswana
When
- Creation Date
- during 1985
- Ownership Date
- before September 29, 2016
- Acquisition Date
- on September 29, 2016
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 3201/0008