Identifier:
117322
Description:
Slender natural fiber basket with flared lip.;Identified by Ray Silverman, Professor of History, Department of the History of Art, University of Michigan--Ann Arbor; tel: 734.615.9847. From accession file 4747: "Basket for sifting corn meal. The actual ones used are much larger in diameter.";The objects were originally obtained by Dr. and Mrs. H. Veazie Markham, medical missionaries of that church. The couple were appointed for life service to West Central Portuguese Africa (modern Angola) by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, and they served there from 1927-1939. The objects were originally collected about 1930, and were exhibited at the East Congregational Church before being donated in 1948. However, dates of individual objects may vary widely.
Materials:
Woven, Grass, Natural Fiber
Dimensions:
18.5" h 6" w
Current Location Status:
On Exhibit
Source:
Gift Of East Congregational Church
Exhibit/Program:
Newcomers: The People of this Place (after 2008)
Related Entity:
East Congregational Church (donor)
