Basket

Museum number:
5-4684a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-52 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2078
Object count:
2
Description:
(a) coiled food storage basket; rim diameter 43.2 cm; (b) conical lid. Made from grass by women of Qemant, Falasha, Amhara, and Wäyto tribes. Collected circa 1965.
Donor:
Frederick C. Gamst and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
Ethiopia; Begemder; Qemant Agäw tribe
Collector:
Frederick C. Gamst
Collection date:
ca. 1965
Object type:
(not specified)
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1968-1969 #98: Design (UC Berkeley)/Joanne Segal Brandford (April 9, 1969–May 8, 1969)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-4684a,b, described as (a) coiled food storage basket; rim diameter 43.2 cm; (b) conical lid. Made from grass by women of Qemant, Falasha, Amhara, and Wäyto tribes. Collected circa 1965.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-4684a,b, described as (a) coiled food storage basket; rim diameter 43.2 cm; (b) conical lid. Made from grass by women of Qemant, Falasha, Amhara, and Wäyto tribes. Collected circa 1965.

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