handled basket / Palm / Reed

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.7107
Object Name: handled basket
Lot: Kelsey, Francis W.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Baskets
Materials: Palm; Reed
Width: 57.0
Height: 29.7
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Very good condition. Large, heavy basket of woven reed with massive handles. The reeds taken in groups of about ten are woven so as to from a herringbone pattern.
Verbatim Date: 20th C AD
Verbatim Provenance: Mediterranean Area
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: Caravans!
Exhibition Year: 1987
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.7107
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.7107/0000_00_7107

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Full citation: "handled basket; Palm; Reed." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.7107/0000_00_7107. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.