hanging basket
- Museum number
- Af2000,12.10
- Description
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Hanging basket; made from vertical pieces of painted wood in alternating sections of pink and green; fastened at base by woven multi-coloured plastic threads. Black leather band around rim, with two long leather tassels at opposing sides of rim. Base is also leather, with long fringe of purple dyed leather.
- Production date
- 20thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 11 centimetres (approx without fringe)
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Height: 58 centimetres (with fringe)
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Width: 21 centimetres
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Depth: 21 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Made by slave-caste women, for the Paris-Dakar-Cairo rally. Note distinctive dyed leather tassels.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2000
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af2000,12.10