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DepartmentAsia

Basket

NameBasket
CultureVietnamese
Date1973
Place collectedCan Tho, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Asia
MediumTelephone wire (plastic, copper, other metal alloys)
Dimensions8 7/16 × 10 1/16 × 10 1/16 in. (21.5 × 25.6 × 25.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Stephanie E. Johnson, A.2012.35.1ab
Object numberA.2012.35.1ab
Collections
DescriptionLidded basket: Basket (a): Black ground, with the top part of the main body are four diamond figures which are the same as those in the lid. Two of them are in white and the other two in red. In between the diamond figures are lines of green, red, and white, resembling floral leaves. The words "GIA," "BINH," "HANH," "PHUC" in white are in the middle bounded by horizontal lines of green and red. In the bottom part are also four diamond figures of red and white and lines of green, red, and white in between those figures. Lid (b) black ground with four diamond figures in white, each of which consists of four smaller diamond figures.
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