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Basket with three doum palm nuts and string inside

Medium/TechniqueDoum palm (hyphaene thebeica leaf)
DimensionsLegacy dimension: .13 H. .17 W.
Credit LineHay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession number72.4748a
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsFurniture
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.
Beaded basket
1991–1295 B.C.
Oval basket and lid
1550–1295 B.C.
Basket lid or dish
2061–1640 B.C.
Basket and lid
2061–1640 B.C.
Group shot: 25.422-3, 26.10
19th century
19th century
20th century