Basket
Production date
Circa 1980s
Country
Solomon Islands
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Object detail
Description
Coil woven plant fibre basket with lid and solid handle. Round body with natural pigments of browns and red in geometric pattern
Classification
DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT Containers basket
HANDCRAFTS Basketwork basket
INDIGENOUS CULTURES Melanesian & South Sea Islander basket
PACKAGES AND CONTAINERS Basket
HANDCRAFTS Basketwork basket
INDIGENOUS CULTURES Melanesian & South Sea Islander basket
PACKAGES AND CONTAINERS Basket
Maker
Production date
Circa 1980s
Production place
Measurements
Basket - L278 x W270 x H385 mm
Lid - Dia 185 x H100 mm
Lid - Dia 185 x H100 mm
Media/Materials description
Plant fibre
Signature/Marks
Basket \ from \ Western Province \ Solomon \ bec of lid. \ Gift \ 1980s. \ New Georgia.\ One trip by canoe \ delivering radios \ 2006 (Helen 86). \ Munda by canoe to Gizo. \ Stayed- \ delivering radio, bed \ midnight. Slept on deck of ship \ in wet. Stay in transit house \ Gizo
History and use
This object is from the Helen Barrett collection, which was donated to Queensland Museum in 2014. Miss Helen Barrett worked as a nurse with the Australian Board of Mission in Solomon Islands from 1947 until 1984. Barrett was based at Tasia in Isabel Province, and Maravovo on Guadalcanal before being stationed at the Hospital of the Epiphany at Fauabu, Malaita from 1968 until 1984. In the 1990s, Barrett worked with the Mothers Union in the Torres Strait Islands. Her collection largely comprises of objects that were presented as gifts over the course of her missionary work in Melanesia.
This 'buka' style basket is typical of those produced in Western Solomon Islands and Bougainville.
This 'buka' style basket is typical of those produced in Western Solomon Islands and Bougainville.
Registration number
E40684