Basket

Description
This wicker worked basket is generously round in shape with a fitted lid and a hard handle. Large raffia star or flower motifs decorate the basket and lid. Raffia work is green, red, black, yellow, brown colours. The bottom of the basket is decorated with a large star shaped length of raffia in red and yellow. The basket was collected by the late Rev David Osborne, a missionary, who spent much time in the Sudan Interior Mission and Niger Republic.
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Media/Materials
Wicker worked basket
Measurements
195mm height
390mm diameter
390mm whole height incl.handle
Production place
Collection
Department collection type
Credit line
Collection of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Accession number
1972/118/58

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