basket
- Museum number
- Oc1925,1113.52
- Description
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Basket made of pandanus fibre. Fibre cord handle.
- Production date
- 1925 (before)
- Dimensions
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Height: 52 centimetres
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Width: 23.50 centimetres
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Depth: 15 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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1925 register description:
52. do [Fibre "dilly-bag"] similar - uncoloured & quite plain.
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Baskets were, and still are, made in this region by both men and women. They are often painted, and ancestral knowledge is passed on through the designs and through the significance of the colours used.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2011 26 May-11 Sep, London, BM, G91, Baskets and Belonging: Indigenous Australian Histories
2014 23 Apr-01 Aug, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'
2014-2015 13 Dec-15 Mar, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'
2018 19 Apr-22 Jul, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Valenciennes, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'
- Acquisition date
- 1925
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1925,1113.52