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1961.7.9

Basket of globular ring shape. Chequer woven with thick lengths of ?plant leaf. [LKG 6/5/2010]

1961.7.9

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Collection type
Object
Description
Basket of globular ring shape. Chequer woven with thick lengths of ?plant leaf. [LKG 6/5/2010]
Geographical reference
India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Tamil Nadu Chennai (Madras) Andhra Pradesh or Telangana Kerala Karnataka
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
PRM source Frank Norman Howes
Date / Period
Date made: 1886?, uncertain
Date collected
?1886
Acquisition information
Donated: 1961
Materials and processes
Material Plant Leaf, Material String, Process Basketry, Process Bound, Process Chequer Woven
Dimensions
Diameter 220 mm mouth, Diameter: max 670 mm, Height: max 185 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1961.7.9
Research and responses

Name of collector given in pre PRM label is possibly George Bidie (1830-1913) A doctor in Madras from 1856 to at least 1890 who was a botanist. See pqge 71 of Dictionary Of British And Irish Botantists And Horticulturalists [AP 5/11/2015]

Search terms: Basketry, Fishing, Basket, Fishing Accessory