Year collected: [Missing] / Donor: Nancy Tanner / Function: 1.9 Multiple Utility - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Year collected [Missing] Donor Nancy Tanner Function 1.9 Multiple Utility

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 18-464, described as Basket: with handle; made of natural colored “masiro” in checker plaiting. Multipurpose; used by everybody; worn slung over shoulder. Height without straps 20 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 18-476a,b, described as Basket: multipurpose; with coverl bamboo in twill plaiting; basket is round with a square base. Height 11.5 cm. Cover rim diameter 17.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket lid, accession number 18-475, described as Basket lid: rattan strips in twill weave. Basket used by married women to carry food to ceremony, especially wedding (compare with 18-469 from same village--Gaout). Rim diameter 34.5 cm. Base missing similar to 18-474a.

Hearst Museum object titled Cast net, accession number 18-491, described as Casting net of knotted netting made of single filament nylon with weight of led chain. Made by men for their own use.

Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 18-580, described as Knife, steel, scimitar-shaped with wood handle; one face of blade incised with two rows of hemispheres. Length 47 cm. handle to tip. To open cocoanuts, cut firewood.

Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 18-579, described as Knife, steel, multipurpose, with wood handle. USed in kitchen and for fighting. Stamped “herder.” Length 20.5 cm.