Grasswork carrying basket-bag with unwoven fringed rim. The basket is chequer woven with bands of openwork. Horizontal bands near the rim in blue. [RM [OPS move] 13/12/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Grasswork carrying basket-bag with unwoven fringed rim. The basket is chequer woven with bands of openwork. Horizontal bands near the rim in blue. [RM [OPS move] 13/12/2016]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; Lagos hinterland
Person: Field collector Mrs Denton; Field collector Jean Margaret Alan Denton; PRM source Mrs Denton; PRM source Jean Margaret Alan Denton
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1898
Date collected: By 1898
Acquisition information: Donated: 1898
Materials and processes: Material Grass Fibre Plant, Process Basketry, Process Chequer Woven, Process Openwork
Dimensions: Depth: max 53 mm, Length: max 813 mm, Width: max 382 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1898.8.11
Research and responses: This might be Jean Margaret Alan Denton, the wife of George Chardin Denton [see biographies] who was based in Lagos 1889-1891; 1893-1900 and had held the rank of Captain in the Army before joining the Colonial Service. He gave further objects after he had been knighted for his services in West Africa and these objects were accessioned as coming from Sir George Denton. However Denton is not that uncommon a name and I have therefore not amended the PRM Source field etc to suggest this possibility [AP 19/11/2001]

Search terms: Bag, Basketry, Basket

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