Beaded Woven Basket
►Materials: Natural fiber, glass (beads)
►Dimensions (cm): W 14; L 18; H 12.3; Height with handle: 40
►Description: Woven basket made of natural plant fiber. The handle is made of two braided fiber ropes tied with a knot in the middle. Four triangular panels around the upper rim are decorated with blue glass beads. Baskets like this are typically made from either dried pandanus, coconut, or banana plant material and can be used to hold "tools, food, ritual objects, jewelry and/or other personal items” (Wong 2020). Weaving and basketry are common across Oceania but are more often “decorated by weaving geometric patterns using dyed strips” as opposed to glass beads, as glass is a non-native material to the region (Wong 2020).
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►Accession/ Identifying Numbers: E-985-029-010, FC801595(2) (printed on bottom, not pictured in model)
►Provenance Information: ex Kelowna Museum Society Collection. Gifted from Penticton Museum by Dan Cramer. Kelowna records indicate it came from Tahiti, but similar bags originated in Vanuatu (Wong 2020).
►Condition: Fair; many glass beads are damaged and have fallen off; minor fraying around some edges.
►Model created by Emily Crowley using Polycam for ANTH 2220 at Langara College in the Spring Semester of 2024.
►References: Michelle Wong, 2020, Langara College Museum Studies class paper
