Hip basket made from green, yellow and red plastic straps. [FC 20/09/2011]

Collection type: Object
Description: Hip basket made from green, yellow and red plastic straps. [FC 20/09/2011]
Long description: Hip basket made from green, yellow and red plastic straps. The basket is chequer woven in 1/1 weave. It has a black plastic strap for tying around waist woven into one side of the basket. [MJD (Verve) 20/12/2016]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Kyushu Hinokage
Person: Field collector Felicity Wood; PRM source Felicity Wood
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1999
Date collected: 1999
Acquisition information: Donated: 11/07/2011
Materials and processes: Material Plastic Synthetic, Process Chequer Woven, Process Basketry
Dimensions: Height: max 179 mm, Width: max 221 mm, Length: max 306 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2011.42.17 Other numbers: 123
Research and responses: Notes from the donor: Bought from Mr Iiboshi who made my bamboo karui back pack. He had bought it from the market. Interesting that someone working with such traditional materials still buys and used piece made from recycled materials - modern times! A hip basket which traditionally would be used for collecting shitake mushrooms or tea. [FC 20/09/2011]
Notes from the donor: Felicity Wood met her husband George Wood [1930 - 2000] when he [George] was General Manager for BP in Kuala Lumper [1980]. GVW later went on to be General Manager for BP's Indonesia office [Jakarta] and China office [Canton]. Most of the basket collected in the early 1980s sent back with household effects. [FC 19/09/2011]

Search terms: Basketry, Bag, Basket

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