H x W x D: 12.3 x 8.6 x 10.1 cm (4 13/16 x 3 3/8 x 4 in.)
Type:
Textile and Fiber Arts
Geography:
Addis Ababa area, Ethiopia
Date:
1940s
Label Text:
This small lidded basket with its wonderful surviving colors was collected by a Peace Corps volunteer along the road south of Addis Ababa. Its size, shape, tight coils and secured lid identify it as a storage container for household goods such as spices. The surface patina supports the story told to the collector of years of use.
Description:
Coiled goblet shaped basket with knobbed lid, leather straps looping from the base to the shoulder and red and dark pigment.
Provenance:
Vincent J. Abramo, collected in Ethiopia, ca. 1971-1972 to 1983
Exhibition History:
Art of the Personal Object, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., September 24, 1991-April 9, 2007
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