Accession No
TEMP.00004
Description
basket; container - Round basket of woven strips of pandanus decorated with tufts of red, green and blue or black wool. Two parallel bands of twisted/woven fibre with loops have been interwoven into the main body of the basket and decorate the exterior further. They cover the entire circumference of the object. The bottom of the basket is dented as a result of the knotted finish of the weaving process.
Place
Oceania; Polynesia; Fiji
Period
Source
von Hügel, Anatole (Baron) [field collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
TEMP.00004
Cultural Affliation
Material
Plant; Fibre; Wool; Basketry
Local Term
Measurements
190mm x 145mm x 230mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Note by Dr. Lucie Carreau as a result of research on the Fiji Project (2011-2014) reads: 'This basket from Fiji is currently unaccessioned but is definitely part of the collection made by Anatole von Hugel in Fiji in 1875-77 (small rectangular label with blue border only seems to be glued on objects collected in Fiji by AVH/Gordon or Maudslay - this one says 'A.v.H. * [...]882'). Found in store in 2013.
Event Date 30/4/2014
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Round basket of woven strips of pandanus decorated with tufts of red, green and blue or black wool. Two parallel bands of twisted/woven fibre with loops have been interwoven into the main body of the basket and decorate the exterior further. They cover the entire circumference of the object. The bottom of the basket is dented as a result of the knotted finish of the weaving process.
Event Date 30/4/2014
Author: maa
FM:267596
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