Description (CMS Description)
Basket for carrying fish, of coconut leaf.
Event Date 1/9/1997
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
About noke baskets: 'Crescentic noke fishing baskets, worn at a woman's hip, were generally laced along the mouth, leaving only a central opening through which the fish were thrust' (Clunie, Fergus. 1986. Yalo I Viti. Suva: Fiji Museum. Object no. 43).
Event Date 3/7/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'Z 29904 A' inscribed in black ink on the basket. A small rectangular cream label is attached to the rim and reads [handwritten in brown ink:] 'Basket - Fiji. Deposited by Baron von Hugel. 1909' and [added in black ink:] 'Z 29904 A'.
Event Date 3/7/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card reads [handwritten in blue pen:] 'Z 29904 A-B MELANESIA FIJI. 2 baskets for carrying fish; of coconut leaf. Deposited by Baron A. Von Hugel 1909.' A small round red sticker pasted on the front of the card.
Event Date 3/7/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Large semi-circular fishing basket (noke) formed of a circle of coconut palm leaf basketry folded in two. The edges used to be tied on both side. One side has lost its ties while the other is still tied with a thin cord of twisted hibiscus fibre.The end plait of the basket is tied into a knot inside the basket. Very fine basketry work at the bottom of the bag (the centre of the basketry circle).
Event Date 3/7/2013
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

Conservation ()
CON.2013.52 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa