Basket
- Accession Number
- EA6326
- Current Location
- House of Death (ground floor), Offerings case
- Object Type
- Furniture, Basket
- Period
- New Kingdom
- Material
- Plant products (Palm leaf)
- Measurements
- Diameter: 145mm | Height: 83mm
- Number of Elements
- 1
- Culture
- Egyptian
Licensing details
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please contact the Egypt Centre.
- Description
-
A New Kingdom basket made of woven palm leaves, with a conical lid with painted decoration. On long-loan since 2005 from the British Museum who acquired it in 1834 from the collection of Joseph Sams.
- Bibliography
-
Goodridge, Wendy R. & Stuart J. Williams 2005. Offerings from The British Museum. Swansea: The Egypt Centre. [p. 18] Wendrich, Willemina Z. 2000. Basketry. In Nicholson, Paul T. and Ian Shaw (eds), Ancient Egyptian materials and technology, 254–267. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Previous Owners
- The British Museum | Joseph Sams (1784–1860)
- Acquisition
- Long-term loan, The British Museum (04 Apr 2005)
- Last modified: 04 Feb 2023
