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Description

Part a: double-woven cane basketry. Interior is twill woven of natural-coloured cane fillets. Outer layer is patterned with natural-coloured and magenta-dyed cane fillets. Design is vertical twill-woven zigzag. Natural-coloured twill woven cane strip is banded over top and fastened at intervals by a running stitch of cane. Cane strip handles, one on each end, are covered with cane fillets and lashed down with cane. Fasteners for each are composed of four loops, two pairs, one set of which slips through the other. Part b: Piece of cane, pointed at one end slips through the loops to close the valise. Valise's two bottom corners have been damaged in shipping.

History Of Use

Cane weaving is characteristic of the basketry in Puri, Orissa which is now made primarily for sale in the stalls bordering the main street leading to the Jagannath Temple. A market is provided not only by the pilgrims who worship at this important ritual centre, but also by Bengali and foreign tourists who come to vacation at Puri which is also a leading seaside resort. This type of woven cane strip valise is made primarily for use on shopping trips.

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