Accession No
Z 5185
Description
Woven bag or basket.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands
Period
Source
Unknown
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 5185; MAA: Z 6203 C [incorrect]
Cultural Affliation
Material
plant fibre
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'Z 5185' inscribed in black ink on the inside of the object. 'Z 6203 C' inscribed in black ink on the outside of the basket.
Event Date 5/3/2008
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
[From catalogue card:] 'Woven bag'.
Event Date 5/3/2008
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
This basket belongs to a series accessioned as Z 5185, Z 5186, Z 5187, Z 5188 and Z 5189 (See Z register). There is no explanation as to why the card for Z 5189 as been turned into a card for Z 5189 A-E, a series of objects that is NOT recorded in the register. There is also no obvious reason why Z 6203 (+ suffixes A, C, D & E) have been written on some of these baskets as they are clearly marked with the Z number from the Z 5185-Z5189 series. The numbers retained for MAA’s database entries (Z 5185-Z are those that correspond to the objects as they are described in the Z register. Other numbers, while recorded in the object’s database entry, should be ignored.
Event Date 14/1/2016
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (CMS Description)
Woven basket in two colours: natural fibre colour and grey (possibly darker originally). Squashed so has ripped in various places and is now flat. Originally circular, probably with vertical walls, similar to Z 5186-Z 5189. The basket terminates on the inside being knotted along a line forming a square and trimmed.
Event Date 14/1/2016
Author: maa
FM:265969
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