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Art History Virtual Exhibition

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

August, 2025 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

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