Matwork bag: undyed strips of harakeke in bias chequer plaited open weave. [MJD 19/09/2013]

Collection type: Object
Description: Matwork bag: undyed strips of harakeke in bias chequer plaited open weave. [MJD 19/09/2013]
Long description: Matwork bag, undyed strips of harakeke New Zealand flax Phormium tenax) in bias chequer plaited open weave. The edge of the bag is plaited and has two carrying loops of plaited harakeke. [MJD 15/4/2010]
Geographical reference: New Zealand
Oceania > Australia and New Zealand > New Zealand; North Island
Cultural groups: Māori
Person: Field collector Charles Smith; PRM source The Executors of the Charles Smith Estate; PRM source Alfred T. Collier
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1869?, uncertain
Date collected: 1860 - 1869?
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1923
Materials and processes: Material Flax (NZ) Plant, Process Basketry, Process Chequer Plaited, Process Plaited
Dimensions: Depth: max 23 mm, Width: max 330 mm, Length: max 471 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.87.143

Search terms: Bag, Basketry, Basket

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