- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Circular basket for bread and similar food. [MJD (Verve) 20/12/2016]
- Long description
- Circular basket for bread and similar food. The basket is made of several strands of plant fibre which have been held together to make one thick strand and wrapped in plain metal foil and printed foil made from old cashew nut packets. The bound strands have then bound together with red plastic yarn. The rim of the basket has been decorated at fifteen points with coloured wool (red and green) pom-poms or tufts. There is also a central tuft of wool in the middle of the basket. Baskets like this are only used on special occasions and are not suitable for everyday use [MdeA 29/11/99].
- Geographical reference
- North West Frontier Province Peshawar Bazaar Bazazan
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 25/09/1999
- Date collected
- 25 September 1999
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 18/10/1999
- Materials and processes
- Material Plant Fibre, Material Foil Metal, Material Plastic Synthetic, Material Pigment, Material Wool Yarn Animal, Process Recycled, Process Coiled, Process Bound, Process Printed, Process Basketry
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 410 mm, Height: max 99 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1999.33.43
Search terms: Basketry, Food and Drink, Ritual and Ceremonial, Marriage, Basket, Food Accessory, Ceremonial Object
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