Basket

The bigger 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: 280mm x 265mm x 290mm
• Production Date: Pre 1899
• Associated Places: Unknown
• Associated People: Thomas Joshua Alldridge (Collector)
• Museum: Brighton Museum and Art Gallery
• Accession Number: BMAG:R3483/96a

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