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Object Type
basket
Museum number
Oc.9924
Description
Circular basket made of coconut leaf.
Production ethnic group
Made by:
Marquesan
Production date
19thC
(before 1876)
Excavator/field collector
Field Collection by:
Rev William Wyatt Gill
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Marquesas Islands
Materials
coconut palm leaf
Dimensions
Height:
5 centimetres
Width:
9.50 centimetres
Depth:
9 centimetres
Curator's comments
One of two items numbered Christy 9924. (Other is Persian bow-ring).
Old label: 'Basket from Marquesas of plaited cocoa nut leaf.'
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks
Acquisition date
1876
Department
Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number
Oc.9924
Additional IDs
CDMS number:
Oc1876C1.19924
(old CDMS no.)
Miscellaneous number:
Oc1876C1118.7