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The basket possesses a complex color scheme of plain yellowish fiber interwoven with fiber dyed black and reddish, in petal shapes that ride from a tiny mouth over a very broad, elegantly elliptical shoulder, to a small foot.

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Lidded Basket

Artist Beauty Ngxongo (South African)

Date2005

(not assigned)South Africa

MediumFibers

Dimensions10 x 18 in. (25.4 x 45.7 cm)

ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment

Credit LineAnonymous Gift

Object number2010.90.7

Collections

AFRICAN

Visual DescriptionThe basket possesses a complex color scheme of plain yellowish fiber interwoven with fiber dyed black and reddish, in petal shapes that ride from a tiny mouth over a very broad, elegantly elliptical shoulder, to a small foot. The work was made in 2005.

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