This basket is used to carry grass for cattle fodder. (fig.333).
The basket may be carried balanced on top of the head or a pair of these may be suspended
from a shoulder beam. It is also used for transporting clay pots and other produce to
local bazaars. The basket is fairly large and quite strong.
Size
and structure
This is a shallow basket with a circular base and slightly wider
circular rim. The diameter of the rim is 650 mm and it is 300 mm in height. The whole
basket is woven in the open-hexagonal weave. The horizontal locking elements of the side
weave are strong splits arranged as coaxial rings. The elements forming the inclined sets
of the side and the sets of the base weave are formed by pairs of split bamboo, each 12mm
wide and 1.5 mm thick. The horizontal element is 15 mm wide and 2.5mm thick. At the rim
the inclined elements bend over a thick, strong horizontal band to become the element
inclined in the opposite direction. The basket is simple and can be made quite quickly.
Where the base meets the side a series of pentagons appear which permit the
two-dimensional weave of the base to move into the third dimension in the sides (fig 334).
This basket is used to carry grass for cattle fodder. (fig.333).
The basket may be carried balanced on top of the head or a pair of these may be suspended
from a shoulder beam. It is also used for transporting clay pots and other produce to
local bazaars. The basket is fairly large and quite strong.
This is a shallow basket with a circular base and slightly wider
circular rim. The diameter of the rim is 650 mm and it is 300 mm in height. The whole
basket is woven in the open-hexagonal weave. The horizontal locking elements of the side
weave are strong splits arranged as coaxial rings. The elements forming the inclined sets
of the side and the sets of the base weave are formed by pairs of split bamboo, each 12mm
wide and 1.5 mm thick. The horizontal element is 15 mm wide and 2.5mm thick. At the rim
the inclined elements bend over a thick, strong horizontal band to become the element
inclined in the opposite direction. The basket is simple and can be made quite quickly.
Where the base meets the side a series of pentagons appear which permit the
two-dimensional weave of the base to move into the third dimension in the sides (fig 334).