- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Rectangular shaped woven basket made of plaited palm leaf attached to the midrib. The mouth of the basket is oval shaped. [CW [OPS Move] 29/11/2016]
- Geographical reference
- Bismarck Archipelago Admiralty Islands
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1921?, uncertain
- Date collected
- Probably 1921
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1924
- Materials and processes
- Material Palm Leaf Plant, Process Basketry
- Dimensions
- Length: max 470 mm, Width: max 230 mm, Depth: max 100 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1924.51.118
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