Foundation deposit
basketry
11.8cm
4.5cm
rush
Model of basket in shape of ellipse, made of rush, constracted in coiling technique with a passive bundle. Very good state of preservation. Length 19.0cm.
Excavated by the H.E. Winlock (Metropolitan Museum of Art) in the temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari (deposit B, group B) in 1920-1922. Gained by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1922 in the division of finds (Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness gift).
Museum object