basket
- Museum number
- Oc1950,02.132.a-c
- Description
-
Register 1950
Three tiered vegetable fibre plaited basket with three similar baskets that decrease in size. The largest basket has a carrying sling of plaited vegetable fibre string.
- Dimensions
-
Height: 3.60 inches
- Curator's comments
- Register 1950
Kavia, for carrying small articles. "It was considered a point of etiquette to distribute small articles amongst friends. The owner of the basket would hide a few (e.g. sapi sapi) for himself in the lowest tier. This sabotage was common knowledge and generally practiced."
Trobriand Islands, 1924.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1950
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1950,02.132.a-c
