Basket
Item number Aa13 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Basket (part a) of truncated conical shape with a knobbed lid (part b). Coiled body of basket overlaid with vertical strips of yellow, and brown reed. Mid-section of basket is divided into three by narrow bands of reed. The lid is light brown reed with dark brown reed incorporated in the knob at the top. Each end of the narrow leather handle has been pulled through top of basket and knotted on the inside. The basket contains a number of loose small white beads.
History Of Use
Used by women for storing beads and sewing implements.
Item History
- Made in Okavango Swamps, Botswana
- Collected between 1967 and 1975
- Owned by Frank A. Gaudin before September 15, 1975
- Received from Frank A. Gaudin (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source) on September 15, 1975
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- Aa13 a-b
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- reed grass and leather skin
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled, overlaid and knotted
- Part B
- height 4.9 cm, diameter 7.7 cm
- Overall
- height 11.0 cm, diameter 15.0 cm
- Part A
- height 8.0 cm, diameter 15.0 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Who
- Culture
- Southern African
- Previous Owner
- Frank A. Gaudin
- Received from
- Frank A. Gaudin (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source)
When
- Collection Date
- between 1967 and 1975
- Ownership Date
- before September 15, 1975
- Acquisition Date
- on September 15, 1975
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0287/0013 a-b
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