DepartmentAfrica
Peace Basket, Agaseke
NameBasket
Artist or maker
Gahaya Links
(Kigali, Rwanda)
CultureCentral African (Rwandan)
Date2010
Place madeRwanda, East African, Africa
MediumReed grasses, sisal fiber
Dimensions38 3/8 × 27 15/16 × 28 3/4 in. (97.5 × 71 × 73 cm)
Bottom: 19 3/16 × 22 1/2 × 22 3/8 in. (48.8 × 57.2 × 56.8 cm)
Top: 22 13/16 × 24 3/16 × 24 3/16 in. (58 × 61.4 × 61.5 cm)
Bottom: 19 3/16 × 22 1/2 × 22 3/8 in. (48.8 × 57.2 × 56.8 cm)
Top: 22 13/16 × 24 3/16 × 24 3/16 in. (58 × 61.4 × 61.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Museum Purchase, A.2022.28.1
Object numberA.2022.38.1ab
ProvenancePurchased by Masha Bol with MNM aquisition funds for the exhibition, Empowering Women in 2008/9.
DescriptionHand-coiled black and white large, "agaseke" style fiber basket with triangular designs on the body and mostly white with sparse stripes on top of basket
ca. 1950s
1900-1950
1900-1950
1900-1950
Mid-20th century
Artist not recorded
