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 29899'. 'Z 29899' 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 29899 MELANESIA. FIJI. Salt basket, consisting of a small glass jar inside a wicker basket-type framework with a 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)
Small salt basket formed of a thick glass jar, no lid, chipped at the top, encased in coconut palm leaf basketry (some strands dyed red). Underneath the tin, the basketry forms an openwork grid. The weaving is much tighter around the body of the tin. At the top, the vegetable fibre threads are gathered in a bunch, plaited in a 3-ply plait, curved down to form a loop and tied with a piece of coconut palm leaf.
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.2014.164 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa