Description (CMS Description)
Basket of palm leaf.
Event Date 6/6/1988
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'Z. 2945' inscribed in black ink twice on one side of the basket.
Event Date 3/7/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 2945 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Nest of four basket of palm leaf.' [stamped in blue ink:] THE VON HÜGEL COLLECTION CIRCA 1875.' [added in pencil:] 'X 890 H'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '4/58'. [stamped in blue ink in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 4'. A small round red sticker pasted on the front of the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z 2945. Nest of four baskets of palm leaf. Showcase number 4'. [added in pencil:] 'X 890 H'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '4/58'.
Event Date 3/7/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Small basket of coconut leaf the central rib of the leaf forming the rim. The end plait runs longitudinally along the base of the basket (on the inside) and along one of the sides. It comes out of the basket about 3 cm from the rim and terminates in a knot. Some of the coconut leaf strips have been divided up to form small tassels about 6 cm from the base. Two lengths of commercial string attached to the rim. Originally found in the store Z 2945 D inside Z 2945 C, Z 2945 C inside Z 2945 B and Z 2945 B inside Z 2945 A.
Event Date 3/7/2013
Author: maa