Card/Transcription No.: 440a-1

440, A. OVAL BASKET (MEDIUM SIZE) 1
(cf. No. 338)

POSITION: -
On floor centre of chamber, beneath a mass of miscellanea (see
photos. 1140, 1141).
(A group of three baskets A, B & C.)
DIMENSIONS: -
L. 35.0; W. 18.0; H. 12.0, cents.

CONTENTS: -
Nabuk fruit.

DESCRIPTION: -
The method employed in construction appears to be same as with
the native basket-makers of today.
'Skains' from the fruit-bearing stalks and fronds of the date-palm 
bound together and interwoven with fronds of the dôm-palm
(note specs upon the fronds peculiar to the dôm palm), both
having been first soaked in water to render them sufficiently
pliable.
For other details see the larger size basket No. 338.
For examples of this class see Nos. 341, 342, 346, 347, 355, 363,
365, 372, 381, 384, 396, 401, 416, 419, 426, 429, 433, 436, 439,
440, A, B and C, 441, 443, 446, 450, 452, 454, 470, 471, 472,
473, 474, 478, 495, 504, 505, 506, 521, 526, 527, A and B, 528,
530, 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 538, 542, 543, 544, 553, A and B,