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Donor Name:
Carl Steckelmann  Search this
Height:
18 cm
Width:
15.5 cm
Culture:
Vili  Search this
Object Type:
Basket
Place:
Mayumba, Gabon, Africa
Accession Date:
1892
Notes:
2 parts: basket and lid.
From card: "A cylindrical basket with close fitting lid. Round wooden ends fitted in top and bottom. Inner basketry woven of wide strips of palm (?) fiber. Covered on outside and top with finely woven strips of light and dark fiber in geometric pattern. Probably one of a nest of several (see items 165,277 abd 165,278). Because of the idea of a graduated set and because of the use of wooden ends, this seems probably to be a type of basket produced under European influence for trade to European travelers. -G.D. Gibson."
Record Last Modified:
21 Jan 2021
Specimen Count:
2
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
026257
USNM Number:
E165282-5
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36aa0a05c-f60a-49fc-a1b2-1015509083be
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8345899