food-basket;
storage-basket
- Museum number
- 2012,6014.84
- Description
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Large circular basket with a flat base used for serving and storage. Made of coiled palm leaf with a leather circle attached to the centre.
- Production date
- 1980s
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 85.50 centimetres
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Height: 18 centimetres
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Weight: 3.32 kilograms
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2012
- Acquisition notes
- Previously in the Dept of Ethnography (now AOA) and stored at Orsman road. No registration number found. Possibly used as a prop or as part of the handling collection at the Museum of Mankind. Registered as part of the Middle East collections in 2012 on account of its Yemeni provenance.
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- 2012,6014.84