Description (CMS Description)
Basket
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'Z 4056' inscribed in black ink twice at the top of the basket. A large cream label attached to the coir loop reads [stamped in black ink:] 'FIJI Z 4056'.
Event Date 1/7/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 4056 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Basket, 2' 7" x 1' 2 1/4".' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] 'C'. [stamped in black ink in the bottom right corner:] 'DRAWER C'. A small round red sticker pasted to the front of the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z. 4056. Basket, 2' 7" x 1' 2 1/4". Drawer C.'
Event Date 1/7/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Flat satchel, made from strips of natural and black-dyed pandanus leaf. Large weave inside the basket and on the bottom, forming a large natural colour chequer pattern. Both sides are decorated with four rows of alternating chevrons pointing upwards in black and white. A band of small weave (3.5 cm high) at the top of the basket, forming a small natural colour chequer pattern. On one side, a loop of coiled 3-ply plaited coir is attached to the top of the basket. On the other side, several strands of 3-ply plaited coir are knotted and plaited together (3-ply). Both coir cords used to fastened the basket.
Event Date 1/7/2013
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Exhibited: 'Chiefs & Governors: Art and power in Fiji', Cambridge MAA, 7 June 2013 - 19 April 2014.
Event Date 25/4/2014
Author: Remke van der Velden