dalia (Basket)
About this object
History of use
Used for storing and carrying grain to market (collector's notes).
Narrative
Received by Joy Inglis is Bihar.
Physical description
Model of grain basket. Thick band of green coloured grass is placed around outer and inner rim of basket and is secured by eight evenly spaced vertical loops. The outside of the basket is in the natural colour. The inside of the basket has both natural and pink striped designs in a herring-bone type pattern.
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