Description (CMS Description)
Basket, oblong and oval with cusped base.
Event Date 29/9/1988
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: A small rectangular cream label is attached to the harness and reads [handwritten in black ink:] '1918: 213 (31) Fiji Islands. Stanmore Colln 1912'. A small rectangular metal label attached to the harness reads [handwritten in white ink:] '1918.213.31 H'. A small cream label with decorated blue border and serrated edges found inside the basket reads [handwritten in brown ink:] 'A. P. M. X 879' - unlikely to belong to this object.
Event Date 3/7/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Note about the series of baskets accessioned under 1918.213.31: 18 baskets + 1 harness were found with the number 1918.213.31. Only 10 (A, B, C, D, G, H, J, L, M, and N) had a specific letter attached to them. K is not a basket but a harness: it is unknown which basket this harness originally belonged to. In order to distinguish between the remaining 8 baskets, letters remaining from the A-Q sequence was attributed to the un-lettered baskets. These are NOT the original letters. Two additional letter (R and S) were created to accommodate the two remaining baskets that did not fit in the lettered sequence.
Event Date 3/7/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card reads [handwritten in blue pen:] '1918 213 (31) MELANESIA FIJI. A number of baskets: oblong + oval with cusped base. There are 17 baskets. 10 have been given Z nos. (see over). G. A. M. Hamilton-Gordon. 2nd Baron Stanmore (See 1st card).' [stamped in red ink:] 'CUMAA 16 JUL 1987 TRANSCRIBED'. A small round red sticker pasted on the front of the card. The back of the card reads [handwritten in blue pen:] 'Z 3577; Z 3578; Z 3580; Z 3581; Z 3582; Z 3601; Z 3602; Z 3603; Z 4064; Z 4066'.
Event Date 3/7/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Oval basket plaited from coconut leaf forming a criss-cross patter. Two lengths of 3-ply plaited coir are attached to the inside of the rim. A large knot terminates the plaiting inside the basket. A harness of 3-ply plaited pandanus leaf is woven inside and out of the basket on both sides.
Event Date 3/7/2013
Author: maa