Description (Physical description)
'The back of the basket is tightly woven while the sides are more open. There is a black piece of cord tied to the basket and there are bark straps. F. Veys, 14/6/2006'
Event Date 14/6/2006
Author: rachel hand

Context (CMS Context)
Collected by Vanessa Grotti Part of a group of objects, (2005.629-49), bought, bartered or received as a gift through the intermediary of the collectors' extended family. This is an old item collected in Mimi Siku's household, and bought for €15. Like all woven items, it is made by men.
Katali are used by women to carry the heavy loads they traditionally handle, in particular firewood, cassava roots or toher products brought back from the garden. It is not unusual to see a man carrying one too, to assist his wife. Now they can also be used by young boys to carry the enormous speakers of a sound system to a drinking party, often set in the communal house.
Event Date 11/5/2014
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
A used child's carrying basket, known as katali (palm leaf tump) and wama hale (arouman, ischnosiphon arouma) cane fibres on wooden frame).
Event Date 11/5/2014
Author: maa