condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white
discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml

backpack

human history
  • Other Name

    basket

  • Description

    Backpack, basket

    Made from cane, wood, and plastic rope. An oval shaped opening, rectangular base, and a twisted cane rim. The upper and lower section of basket is woven using wicker technique, the middle and largest section is woven in an open hexagonal plaiting technique. The base has 4 short wooden slats on the exterior. A strap made from cane with plait technique weave is attached through the baskets weave with a plastic rope

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1991.78
  • Accession Date
    02 May 1991
  • Other Id

    53830 (ethnology)

  • Department

Images and documents

Artefact

Related items

Related objects

    The development of the Auckland War Memorial Museum online collection is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided.