Wedding Basket
2006-15-49B
From: Burkina Faso Faso
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 2006-15-49B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Turka |
| Provenience | Burkina Faso Faso |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Fiber | Leather |
| Description | One of a set of eleven nesting baskets and a "plug," woven. Each has four leather feet around the base, and leather around the rim. Baskets labelled "A" through "L", "L" being largest. Basket "L" has a wide leather band around the top (6.3 cm wide), decorated with laced "V" motifs. Fiber is a light yellow color with the exterior of "L" slightly darker. |
| Height | 6 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 4.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Anonymous Donor, 2006 |
| Other Number | 29 - Other Number |
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