basket (containers)

Large wicker basket, round and with a flat base. The basket has an attachable lid which is connected to the main body of the container by a strip of black plastic which also creates the handle for the lid. The main body of the container also has two small handles covered in coloured plastic. The container has bands of wicker dyed green and purple. The lid has a flat top with a dark band of wicker creating a circular pattern. Label: manufacture label for the length of twine found inside of the basket.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
1991.482
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 500 mm x 470 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
plant material; plastic; wicker; pigment
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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