- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Plaited palm-leaf dish-cover. [RM [OPS move] 11/11/2016]
- Long description
- Plaited palm-leaf dish-cover. Plaited in 'mad weave'. Woven palm-leaf is decorated in purple, green, yellow and natural colourations. The external side is mostly faded though colour remains on the underside. [RM [OPS move] 11/11/2016]
- Person
- Field collector Richard Evans
- Field collector Walter William Skeat (1866-1953) expedition
- PRM source Richard Evans
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1900
- Date collected
- By 1900
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1900
- Materials and processes
- Material Palm Leaf Plant, Process Plaited, Process Basketry
- Dimensions
- Height: max 175 mm, Diameter: max 318 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1900.52.37
Search terms: Vessel, Food and Drink, Basketry, Bowl, Food Accessory, Basket
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