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1925.37.3

House-basket, plaited from grass in 'mad weaving'. [MJD 16/12/2013]

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1925.37.3

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Collection type
Object
Description
House-basket, plaited from grass in 'mad weaving'. [MJD 16/12/2013]
Long description
House-basket, plaited from grass in 'mad weaving'. The base is hexangonal. The top is circular and flares outwards. [MJD 16/12/2013]
Geographical reference
Malaysia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Malaysia
Sarawak Sebuti
Cultural groups
Sebuti
Person
Field collector James Colin Swayne
PRM source James Colin Swayne
Date / Period
Date made: Before 11/1925
Date collected
Before November 1925
Acquisition information
Donated: 1925
Materials and processes
Material Grass Fibre Plant, Process Plaited, Process Basketry
Dimensions
Height: max 90 mm, Diameter: max 223 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1925.37.3
Research and responses

It is not clear whether 'Sebuti' refers to a group or a region. It is not found either on Ethnologue or in the Times Atlas. [SHD 10/4/2000]

Associated publications
Illustrated with a line drawing in the leaflet 'Basketry in The Pitt Rivers Museum', devised by Felicity Wood with the Oxfordshire Basketmakers, 2001. It is also featured on the website www.basket.prm.ox.ac.uk [JN 14/11/2001]

Search terms: Basketry, Transport and Travel, Basket

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