Notes

The basket design here references 'Shields of Shaka'. The coiling technique uses close, simple over-sewing over one coil, using bundles of palm leaf strips for the core. The lid is created with close simple over-sewing over many coils to create a smooth flat surface that can be easily inserted into the mouth of the basket. The black colour is achieved when the palm leaves are boiled with Euclea divinorum root bark and then soaked in mud for several days.

- Dr Elizabeth Terry

Provenance

Dr Elizabeth Terry Collection.