Context (CMS Context)
(Bio) From the collection of Dr. William Halse Rivers Rivers.
Event Date 5/3/2008
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Catalogue card notes for Z 5192 A-F: "6 woven baskets."
Event Date 5/3/2008
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z 5192 A - E ['E' crossed out and replaced with 'F'] Solomon Islands Melanesia 6 ['5' crossed out] woven baskets'; [later addition handwritten in blue ink:] 'A) approx diameter 32 cm. Height 14.5 cm. B) very squashed + torn. C) " " [repeats 'very squashed + torn' from line above] 26 cm. Height 14.5 cm. D) loosely plaited. 2 small handles. approx diameter 27 cm. E) " " [repeats 'loosely plaited' from line above] 21 cm. Height 13 cm.'; [later addition in black ink:] 'F) Small basket with handles'; [handwritten in black ink: 'C.&D. W.H.R Rivers'. [Red circular sticker top right of catalogue card.]
Event Date 7/6/2013
Author: Heather Donoghue

Description (CMS Description)
Circular woven basket made from undyed coconut or pandanus leaf. Square horizontal plaited twill base with two concentric bands, one of chequer plaiting and one of vertical twill plaiting. The sidewall is made from fine vertical twill plaiting with a band of horizontal twill plaiting below the rim. The rim has been made separately in wider diagonal chequer plaiting and is woven into the finer sidewalls leaving frond-like ends around the inside. (Heather Donoghue 25.06.2012)
Event Date 7/6/2013
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: White label attached to basket reads 'Z 5192 B' inscribed in black ink in the basket. A small label attached to the object reads 'Z 5192 C' in black ink [incorrect number].
Event Date 23/11/2016
Author: Lucie Carreau