DepartmentAfrica

Basketry tray

NameTray

CultureTutsi

Date1900-1950

(not assigned)Africa

MediumGrasses, vegetal fiber

Dimensions3 11/16 × 18 1/2 × 18 1/2 in. (9.3 × 47 × 47 cm)

Credit LineIFAF Collection

Terms

Rwanda

Object numberFA.2012.59.1

Collections

Africa.

DescriptionLarge, round, shallow basketry tray with five broken concentric circles in dark brown dyed grasses on a golden brown ground. The circles connected by lines which widen to triangular forms, where they connect to the next larger circle, creating a swirling visual motion. The rim is finely braided, the dark coils with variegated stiching in small groups throughout.