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Shire of Toodyay > Records

LINED CANE BASKET

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Domestic equipment

Overview

Cane sewing or knitting basket.
Small round woven cane basket with thin dark pieces of cane in a wave pattern running around the top and base of the basket.
Around the middle is a looser crossed pattern.
The basket is lined with dark green cotton cloth which is tacked onto the basket with black cotton thread.

Historical information

Donated by Mrs Thurman, said to have belonged to the Whitfield family.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.518

Item type

Themes

Material

Cane (Plant Material)

Cotton (Textile)

Width

175 mm

Height or length

200 mm

Depth

165 mm

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Shire of Toodyay

Shire of Toodyay

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