Basket Item Number: 3489/16 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Circular basket, with incurved sides, rounded base and short foot. Naturally coloured and woven in intersecting, diagonal lines. Rim is braided and foot consists of bundled plant fibres. Structure of basket is formed with an internal coil of rattan(?), along the bottom edge of the sides. Base has a spiral swirl motif in the centre, made of thin strips of rattan(?). Edges of basket base protrude sharply overtop foot.
Used as a bowl.
Acquired by the donor in 1976-1978, when he lived and worked in Sabah, on the island of Borneo, as a volunteer with CUSO International.