Shallow wicker basketry circular dish with thick rim of different fibre and different weave. [El.B 23/02/2010]

Collection type: Object
Description: Shallow wicker basketry circular dish with thick rim of different fibre and different weave. [El.B 23/02/2010]
Geographical reference: Vanuatu
Oceania > Melanesia > Vanuatu; Banks Islands
Person: Field collector Robert Henry Codrington; Field collector Melanesian Mission; PRM source Robert Henry Codrington
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1888
Date collected: By 1888
Acquisition information: Donated: 1920
Materials and processes: Material Plant Fibre, Process Basketry
Dimensions: Diameter: max 442 mm, Height: max 82 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1920.100.251
Research and responses: Related Documents File - Letter from Codrington to Balfour, dated 13 July 1916 giving information regarding objects from San Cristoval, the Torres Islands and the Banks Islands, as well as plans for setting up a Museum at his former school. [See file for full text.] [MOB 15/11/2001]
Related Documents File - There were two record cards with typed text found with six baskets 1920.100.248-253. These cards have added handwritten numbers, but I am not sure they have been assigned correctly. However, I do not know which card refers to which objects, so I have put the cards into the RDF for the whole collection. The cards read: 'Room I Box 13 MELANESIA BANKS ISL. 3 food dishes. [handwritten addition: Basketry] d.d. Rev. R.H. Codrington, 1920. [handwritten addition: Codrington 85].' and 'Room II MELANESIA BANKS ISL. 2 basketry food dishes. 2 coarser basketry food dishes. d.d. R.H. Codrington 1920. Codrington 85. [handwritten addition: 1920.100.252. 1920.100.248, 251, only 3 found] [El.B 23/02/2010]

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