Gurage
Basketry Table with Lid (Mesob)
Gurage, 1933
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Gurage
Basketry Table with Lid (Mesob)
Gurage, 1933
Physical Qualities
Plant fiber, hide, 17 11/16 × 29 1/8 in. (45 × 74 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alfred Peter Murphy, Colchester, Vermont
Object Number
1997.119a-b
Acquired c. 1971 on the road to Jimma, Ethiopia.
Nichole Bridges, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Hand Held: Personal Arts from Africa," Sept. 25, 2011-Feb. 5, 2012.
Frederick John Lamp, "See the Music Hear the Dance: Rethinking African Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art." New York: Prestel, 2003, p.265, ill.
Visit Baltimore.org. Promotion for "Hand Held: Personal Arts from Africa" (September 25, 2011-February 5, 2012. December 30, 2011.
