Collector:

Dr. Labelle Prussin  Search this

Donor Name:

Dr. Labelle Prussin  Search this

Length:

37 cm

Width:

35.5 cm

Height - Plus 59 Cm With Fringe:

16.5 cm

Culture:

Kanuri  Search this

Object Type:

Basket

Place:

Sokoto, Nigeria, Africa

Accession Date:

23 Aug 2000

Collection Date:

1974

Notes:

Basket with leather bottom. Sides made of widely-spaced reeds (or wooden sticks), woven together at the base with strips of leather dyed red, brown, black, green, and white. Top edge / rim bound with wide strip of leather. Very long leather fringe attached to bottom and sides.

Donor's notes describe this as a "Beriberi wedding basket…with long leather fringe completely around it (to hide the face)." She purchased it in the Sokoto market in 1974.

Record Last Modified:

20 Jan 2015

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

2011246

USNM Number:

E431657-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3573316e1-fcef-427c-8872-00bf93fe7071

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8548119