Context (CMS Context)
(Bio): Liana C.L. Chua, female collectorMade within Sarawak – probably Jagoi area. Commissioned and designed by Edric Ong for sale at his gallery (Edric Ong Design) in Kuching’s Main Bazaar. Collected by Liana Chua.Good example of how an existing Bidayuh basket form has been adapted and re-worked by a local artist and designer (who is well known for working with Sarawakian motifs, materials and objects). The gallery has several such pieces (different sizes), all commissioned and made in local villages (probably Serikin in the Jagoi area). Also an example of a new regime of value that a basic Bidayuh object has entered: the fine art market.
Event Date 1/6/2006
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Medium-sized tightly woven basket, made of rattan (wi), linen and sugar palm frond fibre (nuat). Made in the Bau style, vertical weave with dark decorative warp strips. Upper third is more tightly woven than bottom; features the words ‘Cuching’, ‘Jagoi’ and ‘Sericin’ (?) moving diagonally downwards towards the right. Unfinished rim. Extra touches: a pleated rattan carrying strap and an inner layer of linen which forms a drawstring top, thereby enabling the user to ‘close’ the basket like a bag.
Event Date 1/6/2006
Author: maa