basket (containers)

General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 10.118
General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 10.118
General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 10.118 General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 10.118

Large wicker basket. Numerous thin strips of cane have been laid across one another and bent into a U shaped cone. The ends of the strips have been wrapped around a horizontal length of cane which forms the rim. Where the canes meet in the middle, a dent has been formed to create a stable base. The fine mesh of the basket is formed by thin strips of cane woven horizontally around a supporting layer.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
10.118
Date
circa 1906-8
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 12 x 14 in.; 304.8 x 355.6 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
basketry; wicker; vegetable fibre
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
On display: Horniman Museum > World Gallery > Perspectives > Collectors perspective
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