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Basket with lid (agaseki),
late 19th–early 20th century
Tutsi artist
1998-740 a-b
As a communal leisure activity, Tutsi women of the ruling class produced baskets with conical lids in a range of sizes using coils of grasses finely sewn together. Combining functionality with bold graphic motifs, the baskets were given as gifts or used to store precious objects such as beads or amulets.
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Title
Basket with lid (agaseki)
Dates
late 19th–early 20th century
Maker
Tutsi artist
Medium
Raffia, plant fiber, and dye
Dimensions
h. 45.1 cm, diam. 19.8 cm (17 3/4 x 7 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of John B. Elliott, Class of 1951
Object Number
1998-740 a-b
Place Made
Africa, Burundi
Materials
Techniques
Subject
John B. Elliott, New York, NY by 1987; Princeton University Art Museum, 1998
- "Selected checklist of objects in the collection of African art," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 58, no. 1/2 (1999): p. 77–83., p. 79
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"The checklist of the John B. Elliott Bequest," Record of the Princeton University Art Museum 61 (2002): p. 49-99.
, p. 84 - Princeton University Art Museum: Handbook of the Collection (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2007), p. 288 (illus.)
- Princeton University Art Museum: Handbook of the Collections (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum, 2013), p. 340
