- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Mat-work basket with red and natural strands forming a diamond pattern. [CW [OPS Move] 17/11/2016]
- Long description
- Mat-work basket with red and natural strands forming a diamond pattern. The basket has two bound and plaited ties on each side, giving the sides structural support. The ends of ties are knotted together. [CW [OPS Move] 17/11/2016]
- 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
- Dimensions
- Height: max 140 mm, Width: max 205 mm, Length: max 250 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1920.100.256
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