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BASKET, SEWING - CANE
1880 - 1890Overview
Brown, woven cane, compartmented basket used 1880 to 1890 for sewing materials. Two round cane handles on top with cane loops as latch and a long piece of cane to push through loops to lock (attached by string). Square at base, rounded on top. Hinged by pieces of cane halfway up from base. Basket opens from top into three separate compartments. One compartment has another hinged lid.
Historical information
Glenview Guest House was owned and operated by Kenneth William Gilmour and his wife Lilah Constance (nee Allum) from the mid-1920s to the 1940s. The guest house was regularly advertised in local newspapers and boasted views of Churchman’s Valley, Canning
Details
Details
Registration number
cwa-org-33-AK1975.23
Item type
Material
Width
310 mm
Height or length
350 mm
Depth
135 mm
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Year
Comparative significance criteria
Interpretive capacity
Rare or representative
Well provenanced
