Description (CMS Description)
Salt basket, consisting of a tin inside a wicker basket-type framework with handle.
Event Date 1/9/1997
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
There is no indication on the label as to who collected this object. However, the handwriting and date of collection make it likely that this object was collected by George Kingsley Roth (some Roth objects have similar labels).
Event Date 29/6/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: A large cream label tied to the loop reads [handwritten in brown ink:] 'Salt basket. Lomawai. N + N. Oct. 56' and [added in black ink:] 'Z 29893'. 'Z 29893' inscribed in black ink on the basket.
Event Date 29/6/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card reads [handwritten in blue pen:] 'Z 29893 MELANESIA. FIJI. Salt basket, consisting of a tin inside a wicker basket-type framework with handle. Lomawai, N + N. Lot 56. See 61.164 A-B. P.T.O.' A small round red sticker pasted on the front of the card. [on the back of the card:] 'Lomawai, Nandronga + Novasa Viti Levu 1956.'
Event Date 29/6/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Large salt basket formed of a metal tin, complete with lid, encased in coconut palm leaf basketry. The top of the lid is covered by a disc of paper, cut from a newspaper or magazine (including an advertising for Kit-E-Kat cat food). Underneath the tin, the basketry forms an openwork grid. The bottom of the tin is marked in repoussé with the following: 'USE BEFORE OCT 23 1955. PACKED 23 2 55'. The weaving is much tighter around the body of the tin. At the top, the vegetable fibre threads are gathered in a bunch and curved down to form a loop. The loop is wound with very fine ?hibiscus fibre which are also used to keep the bunch in a loop shape.
Event Date 29/6/2013
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

Conservation ()
CON.2014.166 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa