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1997.11.72

Sample of palm-leaf braid used for making hats and sometimes baskets.

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1997.11.72

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Collection type
Object
Description
Sample of palm-leaf braid used for making hats and sometimes baskets.
Long description
Sample of palm-leaf braid used for making hats and sometimes baskets. Purchased by donor from a wayside shop run by a Rastafarian who supplied raw materials to local women to plait for him. He made up hats on a sewing machine to sell to tourists in Kingston market. This is a 2/2 twill braid closely plaited from 11 strips of coconut palm leaf.
Geographical reference
Jamaica
Latin America and the Caribbean > Caribbean > Jamaica
St Ely Prospect
Person
Field collector Dorothy Wright
PRM source Dorothy Wright
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1972
Date collected
Feb 1972
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 1997
Materials and processes
Material Palm Leaf Plant, Material Coconut Fibre Plant, Process Plaited, Process Basketry
Dimensions
Width: max 24 mm, Length: max 400 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1997.11.72

Search terms: Basketry, Clothing Headgear, Trade, Specimen, Braid