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Basket

Description

Circular basket of straw, bound with manilla twine and string: British, Orkney

Museum reference

W.QP 33

Object name

Basket

Materials

Straw, String

Physical description

Circular straw basket, tapering to the bottom. Bound with manilla twine (could be floss or wild rush), twined into fine simmens. The rim is entirely wrapped with string.

Associations

Collector: Baxter, Evelyn Vida, Dr, 1879 - 1959
Orkney, Scotland, Northern Europe

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