64/164

This travelling basket was used for sending fish or game by rail to a private individual. These baskets were still in common use in the early 1960s. This one was probably made in the Far East. It is a flat bag made of a piece of woven reed or rush matting with a jute handle.

1 basket: woven reed

Visiting researcher note, Tim Johnson (basketmaker), 20 June 2014 – This basket is almost certainly not made of reed [Dorothy Wright idenitification], as European reed has joints which would make it too fragile for this purpose. It is more likely to be some kind of rush., MERL 'Catalogue of baskets' form – 'NAME: BASKET (travelling, fish/game) // Acc. No.: 64/164 // Group: MARKETING // Neg. no.: 60/5959 // Place of origin: Foreign probably Far Eastern // Period in use: Present. In use for at least 50 years. // DESCRIPTION // Materials: Woven reed matting. Jute handle. // Shape and construction: Like 64/163. // Dimensions: Depth 14” Length. 17” // Use: For carrying fish or game by rail. // Dialect names: // Distribution: General. // Additional notes:'

Basket, fish, Basket, game

Wright, Dorothy (Recorder)