Basket Item Number: B37 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
A thin flat woven basket that has a square shape with the bottom end fringed. The main design is consisting of three equally spaced sets of five horizontal bands of herring bone woven decoration. Diagonally plaited with openwork strips.
Item History
- Made in Sarawak, Malaysia before 1927
- Collected between 1895 and 1927
- Owned by Frank Burnett before 1927
- Received from Frank Burnett (Donor) on July 25, 1927
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- B37
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- grass
- Manufacturing Technique
- checkerwork and openwork
- Overall
- height 17.0 cm, width 14.3 cm, depth 1.3 cm
Who
- Culture
- Iban ?
- Previous Owner
- Frank Burnett
- Received from
- Frank Burnett (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Sarawak, Malaysia
When
- Creation Date
- before 1927
- Collection Date
- between 1895 and 1927
- Ownership Date
- before 1927
- Acquisition Date
- on July 25, 1927
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2191/0245