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basket

human history
  • Description

    Basket

    Made from cane. The basket has a circular shape, with a shallow base. The lid is also shallow with slight convexity to lid. The cane is bi-coloured with some cane coloured a dark brown and the other cane is left it's natural died colour. The cane is woven together in plait technique creating a diagonal line pattern on the base, and a triangle pattern on the lid. There is some damaged to lid around edges

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1928.122
  • Accession Date
    1928
  • Other Id

    2344 (ethnology)

  • Department

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