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Object Type
basket
Museum number
2017,Q.252
Description
Basket, flat with straight bottom, made of strips of pandanus leaf with a zig-zag rim and one plaited handle made of vegetable fibre.
Production ethnic group
Made by:
Cook Islander
Production date
early to mid 19thC
(before 1883)
Production place
Made in:
Rarotonga
Excavator/field collector
Field Collection by:
Rev William Wyatt Gill
(Likely)
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Rarotonga
Materials
fibre
pandanus leaf
Technique
plaited
Dimensions
Height:
23 centimetres
Width:
28.50 centimetres
Depth:
2 centimetres
Curator's comments
Tied-on label: Rarotonga basket/Gill AF
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
London Missionary Society
Acquisition date
late 19thC
(Likely donated through Franks sometime between 1876 and 1893.)
Department
Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number
2017,Q.252
Conservation
Treatment
Treatment
: 20 Jan 2020