Basket with cowries
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 viewClassificationsBasketry
Collections
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)
19th century
20th–mid 20th century
mid 20th century
early 20th century
mid 20th–20th century