Karanis / woven basket / Palm

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.3368
Object Name: woven basket
Lot: University of michigan excavation (Karanis)
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Baskets
Materials: Palm
Length: ;
Width: 7.0cm;
Height: 16.5 cm;
Thickness: ;
Weight: ;22 g
Pierced: no
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Good condition. Finely woven palm leaf conical basket. Two (one in center of each side) squares of orange painted palm leaf have been woven into basket. Tall looping handle of twisted palm leaf.
Unit Grid Number: 0114
Component/Room: 00D
Area: R
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Karanis
Production Site: site
Countermark: no
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.3368
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.3368/dscn8057.jpg

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Full citation: "Karanis; woven basket; Palm." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.3368/dscn8057.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.