- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Base of a twill woven basket. Together with lid [2024.14.14.2], a contemporary interpretation of basket [1928.69.1570.1-.2].
- Long description
- Base of a twill woven basket. Together with lid [2024.14.14.2], a contemporary interpretation of basket [1928.69.1570.1-.2]. The basketry base is cuboid in form and is made from twill woven strips of plant material, possibly cane or bamboo. The bottom edges and the middle are reinforced with long strips of cane or bamboo, and a length of twisted cane or bamboo also runs around the middle of the sides. Two carrying straps are attached from the base, comprising two long loops of plant material bound with strips of cane or bamboo. There are two crossed sticks of cane or bamboo on the bottom of the base. For the lid see [2024.14.14.2].
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Liangmai Naga
- Date / Period
- 2024
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 23 September 2024
- Materials and processes
- Material Plant Fibre, Material Cane Plant, Material Rattan Plant, Material Bamboo Plant, Process Basketry, Process Twill Woven, Process Bound
- Dimensions
- Length 480 mm, Width 270 mm, Height 230 mm excluding straps, Height 380 mm including straps
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 2024.14.14.1
- Research and responses
This textile was commissioned as part of the Decolonising the Museum: Digital Repatriation of the Gaidinliu Collection from the UK to India (DiMuse) project: https://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/dimuse
Liangmai Naga weavers and makers used photographs of the Rani Gaidinliu collection to create contemporary interpretations using modern materials and dyes. This basket is a contemporary interpretation of 1928.69.1570.1-.2, in which the notebooks of Rani Gaidinliu were found. [JMC 29/05/2025]
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