basket; lid

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Object Type: basket; lid
Museum number: Af1960,20.122.a-b
Description: Palm leaf basket with handle, coiled [a] with lid [b].
Production ethnic group: Made by: Zulu (?); Made by: Swazi (?)
Production date: 19thC
Findspot: Found/Acquired: South Africa; Found/Acquired: Swaziland (?)
Materials: palm leaf; grass
Dimensions: Height: 10.80 centimetres; Width: 12.50 centimetres; Depth: 12.50 centimetres
Curator's comments: From acquisition "grass". Register 1960 Palm leaf basket (a) with handle and lid (b). Coiled. Description as for 121 [Basket made of the split leaves of Phoenix reclinata Jacq. South Africa. 13-1911. Mr and Miss Hopkins.] but the following added: "From the collection of the late Mr AJ Hipkins." Another label states: "Basket made of grasses. South Africa. 1902."
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: A J Hopkins; Previous owner/ex-collection: John Robertson
Acquisition date: 1960
Department: Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number: Af1960,20.122.a-b

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