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1897.3.1

Basket of Phornium tenax woven with black and white diamond shapes [JP 14/5/2004]

1897.3.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Basket of Phornium tenax woven with black and white diamond shapes [JP 14/5/2004]
Long description
Basket of Phornium tenax woven with black and white diamond pattern. The bag has a handle of plaited prepared Phornium tenax fibres. [MJD (Verve) 29/11/2016]
Cultural groups
Māori
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1897
Date collected
By 1897
Acquisition information
Donated: 1897
Materials and processes
Material Flax (NZ) Plant, Process Basketry, Process Plaited, Process Twill Plaited, Process Chequer Plaited
Dimensions
Depth: max 34 mm, Width 326 mm, Length: max 479 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1897.3.1
Research and responses

Mr William Thiselton-Dyer was Director of Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew from 1885 to 1905 according to http://www.kew.org/heritage/people/thiselton_dyer.html [accessed 23/04/2010] [MJD 23/04/2010]

Search terms: Basketry, Basket

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