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African Basketry: Researched by Lindsay Werner, Caitlin Baker, and Randi Ryder

September, 2020 by Sarah Teel

Basketry has developed in all parts of the world, and the objects produced reflect their uses, their meanings, and the cultures that made them.  Traditional cultures use basketry to make nets and weirs for hunting and fishing, to hold and distribute seeds during planting, to gather crops during the harvest, to process foods and materials, to store and ferment, and to hold, … [Read more...] about African Basketry: Researched by Lindsay Werner, Caitlin Baker, and Randi Ryder

Filed Under: 2016 Spring, ART 386: Art of Africa Tagged With: african art, bamana culture, basketry, double-bowl, flat basket, fruit basket, hausa culture, herb basket, iteso culture, kese kese, nut basket, ovambo culture, pende culture, zulu culture

Maasai Leather Basket: Researched and Conserved by Sarah Teel

September, 2020 by Sarah Teel

  The Maasai people are a nomadic culture in northern Tanzania and southern Kenya; they are livestock herders who rely heavily on cattle both for food and for products such as leather. Basketry is a tradition practiced throughout Africa, and it is likewise practiced by the Maasai. Baskets are used for many purposes, including winnowing and measuring grain and … [Read more...] about Maasai Leather Basket: Researched and Conserved by Sarah Teel

Filed Under: 2019 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts Tagged With: 20th century, africa, basketry, conservation, leather, maasai culture, raffia fiber

Turtle Shell Basketry Mask: Researched and Conserved by Marissa Ewing

April, 2016 by Amanda Horned

BEFORE CONSERVATION AFTER CONSERVATION The art of the Sepik River region of Papua New Guinea revolves heavily around men’s societies and their associated ceremonies and initiations. Sepik River religions involve ancestor worship, and many of the masks produced in this region represent either mythological or ancestral spirits, which are believed to provide aid in warfare … [Read more...] about Turtle Shell Basketry Mask: Researched and Conserved by Marissa Ewing

Filed Under: 2014 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts Tagged With: 20th century art, basketry, mask, oceania, papua new guinea, sepik river region

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