IAA Number: 1961-1182
| Object's Name: Fragment Basket Period: Late Chalcolithic Material: Straw Site: Nahal Mishmar, Me`arat ha-Matmon Lenght: 0.8 cm Diameter: 13.5 cm Description: Basketwork tray of ten coils rounds, starting from a snail center.
The coil consists of bundles of straw stalks closely wrapped with
straw sewing strips, passed through the edge of the adjoining round. Bibliography: Bar-Adon P 1980. The Cave of the Treasure. The Finds from the Caves in Nahal Mishmar. Jerusalem, 196, 196: 4.
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