Basket With Lid
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Feb 1960
label: Collection Date
content: 1953 to 1954
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Gordon D. Gibson
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Gordon D. Gibson
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Tribal ascription in doubt; acquired from a native trader who said it was "Damara," i.e. Herero. Form: Jar-shaped, with horizontal shoulder and tubular neck convex in outer profile. Lid is slightly convex. Coiled. Design: tan (natural) base color, with broad and narrow triangles in darker material. Lid design: concentric circles of light and dark. Elizabeth Terry has stated that the Herero do not make baskets. Based on the style of the basket she believes it was probably made by the Yeii (Koba) people. She has identified the material as Hyphaene ventricosa palm leaves and the dye material as made from the bark of the roots of the Euclea divinorum. - Mary Jo Arnolid 4/20/1988."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Sehitwa, Ngamiland, Botswana, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Herero (?)
label: Culture
content: Mbanderu
label: Culture
content: Wayeyi (?)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 229340
label: USNM Number
content: E397987-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Height - Basket
content: 235 mm
label: Diameter - Basket
content: 293 mm
label: Diameter - Lid
content: 136 mm