Card/Transcription No.: 338-1

338. OVAL BASKET (LARGE SIZE) 1
(cf. No. 440, A).

POSITION:
Resting on top of stones and calcite vases below sill of doorway
of chamber (see photo No. 1135). The stones are from the blocking
of the doorway.

DIMENSIONS:
L. 45.0; W. 30.5; H. 22.0, cents.

CONTENTS:
Dôm-nuts.

DESCRIPTION:
The method employed in the construction appears to be the same as
with the native basket-makers of today.
It appears to be made up of 'skains' from the fruit bearing
stalks of the date palm, bound with fronds of the dôm-palm (note
minute spots peculiar to the fronds of the dôm-palm), both having
been first soaked in water to render them leathery and pliable.
The fibre 'skains' were probably obtained by beating the stalks
with a mallet. A metal knife or scissors was probably employed
for cutting out material; and a bone or metal bodkin for drawing
through the fronds to connect up and bind together the strands
(see photo No. 1130).