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Rectangular woven basket with low walls and black and red v-shaped motifs on the sides. Plain coiled work (bifurcated stitches); partial imbrication.
Basket base (a) with a rounded base that tapers slightly and angles up across the lid (b) towards the top back. The basket base and lid are constructed of simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches) and a parallel splint base and lid construction. The lid has a rectangular hole in the top and an uneven rim. The basket is decorated on the sides with partial imbrication in stepped diamond shapes in black/yellow-brown bulrush/red and two in black/yellow-brown bulrush. The lid is decorated with alternating red and black bands.
Half coconut shell of an irregular circle shape. Rim has four rows of coiling attached by twelve strands which pierce the shell. Small circular plaited foot is attached with a coiled strand which zigzags over the woven section in a five-pointed star shape.
Basket (b) and lid (a) made from coiled palm leaf with dyed black palm leaf in a ring on the lid, and alternating with natural palm leaf near the rim of the base with a thick band of black woven palm leaf in warp and weft weaving interspersed with bands of palm leaves running vertically. Overall rounded shape.
Flat, oval woven mat, or tray, made in a coiled technique. Four areas of dark brown decoration. Each area consists of a V-shape opening toward the edge and a second V-shape inside the first creating a closed diamond shape. There are small decorations around the edge in dark brown.
Shallow, plate-like basket. The rim of the basket has two bands of vertically woven sections with a braided band in the middle. Bottom of basket is woven with crossed warp openwork. Has a raised rattan foot on underside.
A crescent shape edged in small white shells creating rectangular panels with seventeen perpendicular lines of the same small white shells. A long piece of fibre connects the two ends of the crescent.
Ceramic corn porridge bowl with rounded bottom and sides that curve up and inwards at the lip. Incised band of cross-hatching just below lip on outside, and overall dark brown finish.
Flat, circular woven mat, or tray, made in a coiled technique. Design consisting of a four-pointed petal geometric flower shape with a double charcoal coloured outline on a natural grass coloured background. The rim has a design which consists of natural coloured crosses with charcoal coloured middles on a charcoal coloured background.
A coiled basket with the compressed shape of a jar. The main design of the basket (part a) consists of four equally spaced bottom central pointing triangles. One pair of triangles are checkered dark brown over a natural coloured background. Another pair of triangles are red-brown outlined with dark brown, and having natural coloured middles. Each pair of triangles are opposite one another. The rim of the basket (part a) has a checkered dark brown pattern over a natural coloured background. The lid (part b) has the same rim pattern, and main design as the basket. The lid (part b) has a knob at the centre, and a straight lower-edged inner side which fits into the basket rim.