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Basket with cowries
Basket with cowries

Basket with cowries

Artist Unidentified
mid 20th–20th century
Object PlaceNigeria
Medium/TechniqueFiber, cowries, metal coins, leather
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 17.8 x 25.4 cm (7 x 10 in.)
Credit LineGift of Tim Hamill
Accession number2011.1732
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsBasketry
ProvenanceBy 1999, with an African dealer; New York; 1999, sold by this dealer to Timothy Hamill, Boston; 2011, gift of Timothy Hamill to the MFA. (Accession date: September 21, 2011)
Necklace
Necklace
19th century
Shrine of the head
Shrine of the head
Artist Unidentified
20th century
Slit gong
Slit gong
20th–mid 20th century
Hat
Hat
Artist Unidentified
20th century
Hat
Hat
Artist Unidentified
20th century
Image Not Available for Power figure (nkishi)
Power figure (nkishi)
Artist Unidentified
20th century
Shrine figure with movable arms
Shrine figure with movable arms
Artist Unidentified
Early 20th century, 1900–50
Betel Nut Bag (Aluk)
Betel Nut Bag (Aluk)
mid 20th century
Figure
Flute figure
early 20th century
Infant shade
Infant shade
mid 20th–20th century
Basket with lid
Basket with lid
mid 20th–20th century
Basket with lid
Basket with lid
mid 20th–20th century