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basket

human history
  • Other Name

    bowl

  • Description

    Basket, Bowl

    Made from raffia palm fibre. Made with coiling weave technique in a bowl shape. A large round opening with tall sides. The base is rounded. Palm fibre is naturally coloured for most of the body with green and purple coloured fibre in 4 thin rings of purple fibre run around the basket, and one small green ring towards the base. At the underside centre of basket is a handle of twisted palm fibre in purple

  • Place
    North Nigeria/Nigeria
  • Accession Date
    1964
  • Other Id

    37629 (ethnology)

  • Department

    World

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