Detail View: The AMICA Library: Chicken Basket

AMICA ID: 
BCM_.79.17.1
AMICA Library Year: 
2003
Object Type: 
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Description: 
Large conical openwork splint chicken basket with a flap door; thick splint warps crisscross on base, extend up tapering sides and join at pointed top; solid wickerwork over/under wefts on base and twined at top over two/under two; warps widely spaced on sides and stiffened with two wrapped splint hoops; a square opening at base with a woven splint flap attached to the highest reinforcing hoop; splints natural brown bamboo or plum; twisted fiber carrying cord on top.
Creator Nationality: 
African
Creator Name-CRT: 
Nigeria
Title: 
Chicken Basket
View: 
Full view
Creation Date: 
1979
Creation Start Date: 
1979
Creation End Date: 
1979
Materials and Techniques: 
Fiber
Classification Term: 
Containers
Creation Place: 
Nigeria, Africa
Dimensions: 
Height: 15 1/8"; width: 18 1/2"
AMICA Contributor: 
Brooklyn Children's Museum
Owner Location: 
Brooklyn, New York, USA
ID Number: 
79.17.1
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Rodney B. Wagner, 1979
Rights: 
Context: 
A basket with a flap door for carrying a chicken to or from market. Chickens are easy to transport only if they can see out of their container.
Related Image Identifier Link: 
BCM_.79-17-1.tif