Not currently on display at the V&A

Basket

ca.1924 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Jamaica (made)

Box, oval, with rounded cover, plaited with white reeds.


Object details

Categories
Folk Art
Containers
Royalty
Object type
Basket
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Basket
  • Lid
Materials and techniques
Plaited reeds
Rush
Plaiting
Brief description
Jamaican

to basket, Jamaican
Physical description
Box, oval, with rounded cover, plaited with white reeds.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.7cm
  • Diameter: 8.9cm
Credit line
Given by H.M. Queen Mary
Object history
Purchased by H.M. Queen Mary at the Wembley Exhibition in 1924, given to the V&A the same year [24/ 8040].
Associations
British Empire Exhibition
Mary Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and the British Dominions Beyond the Seas Consort of George v Empress of India (Queen)
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
W.127&A-1924

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O327302/basket-unknown/
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