1979.20.7

Collection type

Object

Description

Decorated basket chequerwoven from strips of palm fibre, with circular mouth and square base [RTS 20/9/2005].

Long description

Basket consisting of an everted mouth on a deep body with straight sides flaring down to a square base with slightly pointed feet at each corner. The rim has been made from a bundle of narrow fibre strips, bent into a loop, and overbound by the vertical warp of the basketry body; it is slightly triangular in plan view. The body consists of broad strips of a yellow palm fibre (Pantone 7403C), woven vertically into a simple checkweave of over-1, under-1 design, with the strips being worked from the rim downwards, with several end pieces visible in the weave on the base underside and on the interior below the rim. The horizontal weft strips are narrower than those used in the warp, and have been made from a more pinkish material (Pantone 726C). In addition, a series of short pinkish brown dyed strips (Pantone 4715C) have been worked into the design to add a pattern that consists of a large zigzag running around the walls, then 2 short vertical lines running down below to the edge of the base on opposite corners of the vessel, and finally an intermittant border running around the edge of the base underside. The basket is complete, with slight wear to the underside of the feet. It has a weight of 240 grams, and is 210 mm high, with a rim diameter of 350 by 342 mm, a rim thickness of 8.5 mm, and a base that is 160 mm long and 153 mm wide. The palm strips have an average width of 17 (warp) and 10 mm (weft) [RTS 20/9/2005].

Geographical reference

South Sudan

Africa > Eastern Africa > South Sudan

Western Equatoria Lui Lanyi

Cultural groups

Moru Misa

Person

Field collector Patti Langton

PRM source Patti Langton

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1979

Date collected

5 February 1979

Acquisition information

Purchased: 1979

Materials and processes

Material Palm Fibre Plant, Process Basketry, Process Chequer Woven, Process Decorated, Process Dyed

Dimensions

Height: max 210 mm, Diameter: max 350 mm, Width: max 160 mm base, Weight 240 g

Object numbers

Accession number: 1979.20.7 Other numbers: Langton Collection 18

Search terms: Basketry, Basket