Ovoid basket with domed lid, braided handle. Use of plainweave and coiled fibers. Pigments appear to have been green, blue (indigo?) and brown or red but are faded.

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Lidded basket

Artist Nupe Artist

Datec. 1970

Place of originNigeria, Africa

MediumFibers, vegetal pigments

Dimensions10 1/2 x 15 in. (26.7 x 38.1 cm)

ClassificationsBasketry

Credit LineGift of Robin and Donna Poynor in honor of A.E. and Marie Hardymon

Object number2015.36.4

Collections

AFRICAN

Visual DescriptionOvoid basket with domed lid, braided handle. Use of plainweave and coiled fibers. Pigments appear to have been green, blue (indigo?) and brown or red but are faded.

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