- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Body of checker-work woven plant leaf basket. [FB 24/11/2016]
- Long description
- Body of checker-work woven plant leaf basket. The outside of the basket is woven with checker patterns in natural and brown plant leaf. The outside corners of the basket are damaged and have been lined/repaired with cotton textile. The inside of the basket is woven in a wider plant leaf and has five small compartments and one larger compartment. [FB 24/11/2016]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- PRM source C.W. Hurst
- Date
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1930 Found unentered: 23/11/2016
- Materials and processes
- Material Plant Fibre, Material Plant Leaf, Material Textile, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Process Woven, Process Bound
- Dimensions
- Height: max 90 mm, Width: max 235 mm, Length: max 235 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 2016.205.1.1
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