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Fragments of basketwork
Egyptian
Findspot: Egypt, Giza, G 700 S debris
Medium/Technique
Basketwork fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 4.5 x 13 cm (1 3/4 x 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number26-3-108
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsFurniture
DescriptionTwo fragments of baskeTwork. One from rim of basket, the other from neck of bottle (?). To each section of the warp (made of a great many small fibers) there are Two bands which run spirally around it in opposite directions. In going around the section, they are threaded each time into the next section above and the next below. In this way, the sections are held together.
ProvenanceFrom Giza. Street G 7100S debris. March, 1926: excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.