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1923.87.145

Bag, loose bias chequer plaiting, rectangular in shape with a long side at the top. [MJD 13/09/2013]

1923.87.145

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bag, loose bias chequer plaiting, rectangular in shape with a long side at the top. [MJD 13/09/2013]
Long description
Bag, loose bias chequer plaiting in harakeke (New Zealand flax Phormium tenax) leaf strips. The bag is rectangular with a long side at the top. The top edge has a cord of plaited prepared New Zealand flax Phormium tenax forming loops. [MJD 13/09/2013]
Geographical reference
New Zealand
Oceania > Australia and New Zealand > New Zealand
North Island
Cultural groups
Māori
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
Dimensions
Depth: max 45 mm, Width: max 362 mm, Length 616 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1923.87.145
Research and responses

This bag was possibly made by the same weaver as 1923.87.146, as both have loops along the edges, which is unusual. Information from Michelle Horwood, research visitor from Whanganui Museum, New Zealand, September 2009. [El.B 22/09/2009]

Search terms: Bag, Basketry, Bat

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