Basket Item Number: 3489/17 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Handled basket (part a) with a separate lid (part b). Basket has a circular opening, formed by exterior coils of rattan(?), and a hexagon-shaped body. Has a short foot, also formed with rattan(?) strips, stitched to the base with plant fibre. Secured to the foot, and the sides, is a U-shaped handle that extends overtop of the entire basket. Area around opening of basket is woven in tight, horizontal chevrons. Sides are woven loosely, in intersecting diagonal and horizontal lines. Basket base has openwork lines extending from each corner to the centre, resembling a six-pointed star. Lid is hexagon-shaped. Structure is formed by rattan(?) strips along the bottom edge. Openwork design on surface of lid, resembling a six-pointed star. Small loop, made of braided plant fibre, attached to right edge.
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.