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1997.11.48.2

Round work basket lid for the basket 1997.11.48 .1 [BH [OPS Move] 15/12/2016]

1997.11.48.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Round work basket lid for the basket 1997.11.48 .1 [BH [OPS Move] 15/12/2016]
Long description
Round work basket lid. Two kinds of material are used in the construction, one darker and glossier and more finely split than the other. Loop handle in the middle. For the basket 1997.11.48 .1 [BH [OPS Move] 15/12/2016]
Geographical reference
China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China
Person
Field collector Dorothy Wright
PRM source Dorothy Wright
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1937?, uncertain Date made: Before 1947?, uncertain
Date collected
1937 or 1947
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 1997
Materials and processes
Material Bamboo Plant, Material Cane Plant, Material Rattan Fibre Plant, Process Woven, Process Split, Process Bound, Process Basketry
Dimensions
Diameter: max 227 mm, Height: max 79 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1997.11.48.2
Research and responses

Wright 1983:102: ‘The finest Chinese split bamboo work ... double with a decoration of tapered flat bystakes laid over the stakes and then [on the sides] a figure-of-eight pattern worked over them. Much of the waling is 4-rod to hold both sets of stakes. There is a deep foot ... Collected by C.B. Dix, Rangoon, 1937’.

Search terms: Basketry, Lid

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