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ID number:  BIRRC-D0110
Institution:  Research and Cultural Collections
Named collection:  African Collection
Artist / Maker:  Unknown
Title / Object name:  Tray
Object type:  Basket
Place made:  Ilorin, Nigeria
Culture:  Hausa or Nupe
Collector:  Danford, John
Materials:  Palm leaf strips
Measurements:  41 cm diameter
BIRRC-D0110.jpg

This tray has been produced using a shallow circular basket-weave with a palm rim. It is used in Nigeria for winnowing, drying peppers etc.

Notes:  It was collected in the 1950s, lent to the Danford Collection by John Danford in 1964 and then purchased in 1975.

2 Related People

Unknown



Danford, John

1913
1970
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