Strip of palm frond used for basket making. Tied to 2003.10.112 .1 and 2003.10.112 .3 with commercial string. [ASh [OPS move] 1/11/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Strip of palm frond used for basket making. Tied to 2003.10.112 .1 and 2003.10.112 .3 with commercial string. [ASh [OPS move] 1/11/2016]
Geographical reference: Oman
Asia > Western Asia > Oman; Ash Sharqiyah Al Mintirib
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Gigi Crocker Jones; PRM source Gigi Crocker Jones
Date / Period: Date made: Before 2003
Date collected: 14 February 1986
Acquisition information: Donated: 2003
Materials and processes: Material Palm Leaf Plant, Material String, Process Tied
Dimensions: Width: max 4 mm, Length: max 370 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2003.10.112.1 Other numbers: Field collector's catalogue number: Basketry 170
Research and responses: Extract from 'Musandam: Architecture and Material Culture of a Little Known Region of Oman', by Paolo M. Costa, published by IMMEL publishing, London, 1991. Chapter on 'The Crafts' written by Gigi Crocker Jones, pg. 145-191. On strips of palm leaves prepared for basket making, pg. 163: 'The leaves are split whilst dry. Firstly the base is snapped off. Then the two sides of the leaf are pressed together, so that the leaf peels in half lengthways. The leaves are held in the right or left hand whilst the opposite thumb finely strips off the two outside edges. Now the thumb nail is inserted into the leaf near the base and several strands are shedded.' [RJ 21/1/2003]