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1961.6.23.2

Basketry box lid, chequer woven. For the basket see 1961.6.23 .1, and tray 1961.6.23 .3 [BH [OPS Move] 14/12/2016]


1961.6.23.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Basketry box lid, chequer woven. For the basket see 1961.6.23 .1, and tray 1961.6.23 .3 [BH [OPS Move] 14/12/2016]
Long description
Basketry box lid, chequer woven. The exterior have been overlaid with a finer weave, decorated with diamonds. The chequer weave design has been created by natural and dyed dark brown and red sections. For the basket please refer to [1961.6.23 .1], and tray [1961.6.23 .3] [BH [OPS Move] 14/12/2016]
Geographical reference
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
PRM source Frank Norman Howes
Date / Period
Date made: 1874?, uncertain
Date collected
?1874
Acquisition information
Donated: 1961
Materials and processes
Material Plant Leaf, Material Pigment, Process Decorated, Process Split, Process Woven, Process Basketry, Process Dyed
Dimensions
Height: max 60 mm, Width: max 205 mm, Length: max 286 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1961.6.23.2
Research and responses

Phoenix sylvestris is the wild date. [Encyclopædia Britannica Online] [CF 24/8/2000]

Search terms: Box, Basketry, Vessel, Lid