Cane basket of open hexagonal weave.

Collection type: Object
Description: Cane basket of open hexagonal weave.
Long description: Cane basket of open hexagonal weave. There are two cane carrying loops around the rim. Made and used by women for carrying produce on a stick.
Geographical reference: Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India)
Asia > Southern Asia > Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India)
Person: Field collector Edward Horace Man; PRM source Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1886
Date collected: Before 1887 ?
Acquisition information: Transferred: 1886, uncertain
Materials and processes: Material Cane Plant, Process Basketry
Dimensions: Diameter: max 295 mm of rim, Height: max 250 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1887.11.33 Other numbers: 75
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]

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