- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Fine cane wicker woven basket with circular rim and four pointed corners on the base. [CW [OPS Move] 20/12/2016]
- Geographical reference
- Nicobar Islands
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1886
- Date collected
- Before 1886
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1886
- Materials and processes
- Material Plant Fibre, Process Basketry
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 215 mm, Height: max 135 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1887.11.36.2 Other numbers: 78 79
- Research and responses
On the donor card it says 'The Nicobar collections came in two ways 1. via the University Museum transfer in 1886 and via General Pitt Rivers own collections ... Donations volume 1 pages 12 - 15 which lists those objects given by Man to the University Museum and then transferred to PRM in 1886; with retrospective numbers', all objects need to be carefully matched against entries and where uncertain both Objects PRM and the PR catalogue entries examined to ensure the right entry has been chosen [AP 2/9/99]
Search terms: Basketry, Narcotic, Trade, Tool, Basket, Sieve
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