DepartmentAsia
Locust basket
NameBasket
Place madePhilippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
MediumWood, rattan
DimensionsOverall: 15 3/8 x 11 7/16 in. (39 x 29 cm)
Credit LineGift of Clare Brett Smith
Object numberA.2012.3.43
DescriptionGolden brown basket of widely spaced vertical splints with widely spaced plain weave bottom. The sides and bottom lashed to a wood wrapping. Vertical splints bent inward on shoulder and then up into woven neck, which is also wrapped in a splint lashed to top edge. Two other horizontal rows secure the middle neck and top of body. Name in pencil on bottom "Phron".
