Basket
The smaller of two bowl shaped baskets, woven from grass and bass fibre. They both have a carinated body and a circular, concave cover. This basket is made from coiled basketry, using red, black, and yellow fibre to produce alternating vertical stripes.
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Further Information
- Type: Containers, vessels
- Object: Basket
- Materials: Vegetable, organic fibre
- Culture Group: Mende
- Dimensions: 48mm x 200mm x 220mm
- Production Date: Pre 1899
- Associated Places: Unknown
- Associated People: Thomas Joshua Alldridge (Collector)
- Museum: Brighton Museum and Art Gallery
- Accession Number: BMAG:R3483/96b
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