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Basket

MOA: University of British Columbia

B71 a-c

Cylindrical, twilled basket (part a) woven in a diagonal pattern with folded strips of grass. Has a string tied twice around the outside near top. Wadded up dark brown-green and black cloth (part b) is inside at the bottom. There is also a coil (part c) of plant fibre, possibly rattan?

  • Type of Item basket
  • Culture Bidayuh
  • Material grass, rattan, cotton fibre
  • Manufacturing Technique twilled, carved
  • Measurements height 17.3 cm, width 8.0 cm, depth 6.0 cm (overall) height 17.3 cm, width 8.0 cm, depth 6.0 cm (part a) height 5.5 cm, width 10.8 cm, depth 8.0 cm (part b) height 2.0 cm, width 9.0 cm, depth 5.0 cm (part c)
  • Previous Owner Frank Burnett
  • Received from Frank Burnett
  • Made in Sarawak
  • Creation Date before 1927
  • Collection Date between 1895 and 1927
  • Ownership Date before 1927
  • Acquisition Date on July 25, 1927
  • Item Classes basketry
  • Condition fair
  • Accession Number 2191/0277 a-b

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