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Flat Coiled Basketry Cover for a Pot

Hausa; or Kanuri

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Caption

Hausa; or Kanuri. Flat Coiled Basketry Cover for a Pot, early 20th century. Vegatable fiber, diam: 5 1/2 in. (14.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of John W. Vandercook, 51.140.25. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Arts of Africa

Cultures

Hausa, or Kanuri

Title

Flat Coiled Basketry Cover for a Pot

Date

early 20th century

Geography

Place collected: Tinguere, Cameroon, Place collected: Tinguere, Cameroon, Place collected: Tinguere, Cameroon

Medium

Vegatable fiber

Classification

(not assigned)

Dimensions

diam: 5 1/2 in. (14.0 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of John W. Vandercook

Accession Number

51.140.25

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Artists and makers

Hausa

7 works in the collection

Kanuri

3 works in the collection