Coiled bowl shaped basket for milking camel. The rim is stitched with leather. The outside is covered with a decorative leather patch and leather stitching. [CW [OPS Move] 9/1/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Coiled bowl shaped basket for milking camel. The rim is stitched with leather. The outside is covered with a decorative leather patch and leather stitching. [CW [OPS Move] 9/1/2017]
Long description: Palm leaves coiled to form a bowl. The base is covered in leather which has been cut at the edges into a tooth-shaped pattern. The leather is stitched onto the basketry with thin leather strips. There are two parallel lines of leather stitching in the middle with strips of leather forming a tooth-shaped pattern in between them. The palm leaves at the rim of the bowl are periodically woven into inverted triangles which top vertical lines of basketry. There is a strip of leather woven into the rim of the basket. The leather stitching can be seen inside the bowl which is otherwise plain. There is a thin handle of twisted leather, possibly for suspending the bowl when not in use. The handle is stitched to the bowl underneath a plain piece of fringed leather. [RJ 5/3/2003]
Geographical reference: Oman
Asia > Western Asia > Oman
Cultural groups: Jenaba
Person: Maker Jenabi; Field collector Gigi Crocker Jones; PRM source Gigi Crocker Jones
Date / Period: Date made: Before 2003
Date collected: By 2003
Acquisition information: Donated: 2003
Materials and processes: Material Palm Leaf Plant, Material Animal Leather Skin, Process Coiled, Process Basketry
Dimensions: Diameter: max 305 mm, Height: max 140 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2003.10.57 Other numbers: Field collector's catalogue number: Basketry 101

Search terms: Basketry, Agriculture and Horticulture, Animal Gear, Basket, Agricultural Tool, Camel Accessory