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MOA: University of British Columbia

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Woven basketry figure depicting a donkey head with ears erect. There are braided multi-coloured yarn decorations around the head, possibly indicating a harness, and there are nine multi-coloured fibre balls along a braid attached around the snout.


  • Type of Item figure
  • Culture Portuguese
  • Material grass, wool fibre, cotton fibre
  • Measurements height 34.0 cm, width 24.0 cm, depth 11.0 cm (overall)

  • Field Collector Anthony A. Shelton
  • Previous Owner Anthony A. Shelton
  • Received from Museum of Anthropology Exhibitions Budget, Anthony A. Shelton

  • Made in Faro
  • Collected in Portugal

  • Creation Date during 1975
  • Collection Date between 2011 and 2012
  • Ownership Date before September 17, 2012
  • Acquisition Date on September 17, 2012

  • Item Classes basketry
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 2956/0247