Accession No

E 1901.131 F


Description

Flat oblong basket, plaited from split coconut palm fronds.


Place

Oceania; Melanesia; Vanuatu; Torba Province; ?Banks Islands; ?Mota


Period


Source

Selwyn, John Richardson (Bishop) [?collector]; Selwyn, Annie Catherine (Mrs) [?vendor; ?donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

E 1901.131 F; MAA: Z 5852; AR 1902.1352-1355


Cultural Affliation


Material

Basketry


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
Four has been crossed out on the card for Z 5852 and has been replaced by seven.
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: Lucie Carreau


Description (CMS Description)
Accession register for E 1901.131 A-D: 'Flat oblong baskets, plaited from split coconut palm fronds'.
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (Amendments / updates)
According to the Accession register, E 1901.131 should only be a group of 4 baskets (A-D) but there are currently 7 recorded as E 1901.131 A-G. This is because at a later date, a group of seven baskets was formed and accessioned as Z 5852 A-G. E 1901.131 was incorporated into that group and this IDNO was later applied to the whole group. It is currently impossible to tell which of the four baskets were the original E 1901.131 A-D. A seems to bear a older kind of label which has been corrected to accommodate the larger group so may have been the original E 1901.131 A. The basket currently recorded as E 1901.131 F bears the original collector's label so is likely to have been part of the original E 1901.131 A-D group. The incorrect E 1901.131 A-G numbering has been retained until further research can tackle this numbering problem.
Event Date 1/10/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau


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