- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Unfinished circular basket showing the method of manufacture. Round base with ovular opening at the top, almost bell-shaped. Loose plant fibres at base as unfinished component. In plain and brown coconut leaf fibre [RM [OPS move] 18/11/2016]
- Geographical reference
- Milne Bay Province Kiriwina Goodenough District Trobriand Islands Kiriwina
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1913
- Date collected
- By 1913
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1913
- Materials and processes
- Material Coconut Leaf Plant, Process Basketry, Process Woven
- Dimensions
- Height 110 mm, Width: max 90 mm, Length: max 195 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1919.58.77
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