basket
- Museum number
- Oc1995,05.2
- Description
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Rectangular flat plaited basket of New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax) dyed red, and natural yellow pingao grass, with same pattern on both sides: three horizontal twilled bands with intervening plain check, plain check at bottom and top, one diagonal yellow band, twilled and checked; two red plaited cord handles.
- Production date
- 1995
- Dimensions
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Height: 27 centimetres
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Width: 30 centimetres
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Depth: 3 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Purchased in Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa shop as gift to donor; Label: "Nihoniho pattern".
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1998 27 June-7-1 Nov, London, BM, Maori
- Condition
- Good.
- Acquisition date
- 1995
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1995,05.2