basket (containers)

A very fine "monkey tail" pattern of a basket used to catch and carry grated and squeezed cassava back and forth from one process to another. It is also often seen in houses as a container for balls of cotton (George Mentore 16/5/2018).
The basketry is held with a frame made of wood and vegetable fibre. There is a loop of krawa string attached to the frame.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
1969.89
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 800 x 790 x 50 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
cane; wood; vegetable fibre; krawa fibre
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
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