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Object Type
basket
Museum number
Af1944,04.106
Description
Basket with hinged lid, made of coiled wood or cane covered with black, red and yellow raffia.
Production date
1840s
Production place
Made in:
Nigeria
(north)
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Nigeria
Materials
wood
(?)
cane
(?)
raffia palm fibre
Dimensions
Height:
13 centimetres
(Basket and Lid)
Height:
8.90 centimetres
(Basket)
Height:
4.50 centimetres
(Lid)
Width:
22.50 centimetres
(Basket)
Width:
21.20 centimetres
(Lid)
Depth:
22.50 centimetres
(Basket)
Depth:
20.50 centimetres
(Lid)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Irene Marguerite Beasley
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
John Jamieson
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Harry Geoffrey Beasley
Acquisition date
1944
Acquisition notes
Acquired by Beasley on 1.1 1937 from the Jamieson collection.
Department
Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number
Af1944,04.106