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Artist/Maker
Unknown artist, Sri Lankan
Datebefore 1972
MediumWoven grass
DimensionsOverall (2023.10.23a (large basket)): 8 1/4 × 8 1/4 × 9 1/2 in. (21 × 21 × 24.1 cm)
Overall (2023.10.23b (triangular miniature rain hat)): 2 1/4 × 4 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (5.7 × 11.4 × 3.8 cm)
Overall (2023.10.23c (small square basket)): 2 1/4 × 2 1/4 × 2 3/4 in. (5.7 × 5.7 × 7 cm)
Overall (2023.10.23d (basket with stick handle)): 2 1/2 × 2 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (6.4 × 6.4 × 6.4 cm)
Overall (2023.10.23e (rice bag)): 4 × 3 1/2 × 1 3/4 in. (10.2 × 8.9 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineTransfer from the Hamilton College Anthropology Department
Object number2023.10.23a-e
Not on view
DescriptionLarge woven basket containing four smaller baskets of various shapes. Likely all from Sri Lanka (Ceylon at time of collection). 2023.10.23e contains a sample of Ceylon rice.
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Inscribed
2023.10.23e (written in ink): "Paddy for / Unhusked rice / Ceylon"
Date: c. 1875-1900
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.475a-b
Date: c. 1850-75
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root; natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.482
Date: c. 1850-75
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root; natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.483
Date: c. 1875-1900
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.474a-b
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.476a-b
Date: c. 1875-1900
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.477
Charles T. Scowen
Date: c. 1880s
Medium: Albumen print from a collodion negative
Object number: 2020.9.214
Date: c. 1875-1900
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.479
Date: c. 1875-1900
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.478
Date: c. 1875-1900
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.481