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Basket

MOA: University of British Columbia

3610/4

Oval basket with handles. Flat oval base with raised edge. Basket made of coiled flexible sticks(?) bound together with plant fibre stitching. Overall repeating diamond pattern on both exterior and interior worked in darker colours. Attached rounded handle is composed of four firm sticks(?) stitched together, with the outer two pieces plaited. Two woven handles with openings on opposite sides.

  • Narrative

    Collected by the donor in 1976-1980, when she and her husband were living in Bougainville, where her husband worked as a mining engineer; some of the pieces were gifted to them.

  • Type of Item basket
  • Culture Western Melanesia
  • Material plant fibre
  • Measurements height 8.2 cm, width 48.0 cm, depth 33.3 cm (overall)
  • Previous Owner Katie Ball
  • Received from Katie Ball
  • Made in Bougainville
  • Creation Date between 1975 and 1980
  • Collection Date between 1976 and 1980
  • Ownership Date before January 26, 2023
  • Acquisition Date on January 26, 2023
  • Item Classes basketry
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3610/0004

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