Date1996-1998Place MadeEritreaDimensionsH. 100mm x Diameter 480mm Accession NumberM2022.5.2Credit LineDonated by Clare Danby, in support of the Community Curator Project on behalf of Coffs Harbour Regional Museum. Community Curators Project was supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.Access AdviceFor research purposes only. No reproduction without permission of Yarrila Arts and Museum.
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Description
A tightly woven, undyed, fibre basket. 3 dark brown stripes of a wider fibre woven in. The basket was used for carrying grains, winnowing, and holding baked bread like injera. This basket is used widely amongst Tigrinya speakers and can hold food served during coffee making and drinking occasions.
Bought at Keren Market, Eritrea, between 1996 and 1998. Donor worked at the same facilities for disabled fighters as Goitom Hidremichael (1992 to 2012), namely Denden Camp and Mai Habar Vocational College for the Disabled.
