Marshallese Handicrafts
Baskets with a lid (1992)
by Dirk H.R. Spennemann

Marshallese baskets are one of the major forms of handicraft. These exist as open baskets and as baskets with a lid (this essay). Specialised forms are hand bags and purses. In addition to the baskets shown here, there are closed baskets from the 1940s 1991-92, 1999, and 2003

Figure 1 Basket with lid acquired on Majuro Atoll in 1990-1992
(Photograph © 2002 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Figure 2 Basket with lid acquired on Majuro Atoll in 1990-1992 (detail of basket shown in figure 22)
(Photograph © 2002 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Figure 3 Basket with lid acquired on Majuro Atoll in 1990-1992 (detail of basket shown in figure 22)
(Photograph © 2002 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Figure 4 Basket with lid acquired on Majuro Atoll in 1990-1992
(Photograph © 2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Figure 5 Basket with lid acquired on Majuro Atoll in 1990-1992 (detail of basket shown in figure 4)
(Photograph © 2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Figure 6 Basket with lid acquired on Majuro Atoll in 1990-1992 (detail of basket shown in figure 4)
(Photograph © 2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Figure 7 Basket with lid acquired on Majuro Atoll in 1990-1992 (detail of basket shown in figure 4)
(Photograph © 2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Figure 8 Basket with lid acquired on Majuro Atoll in 1990-1992
(Photograph © 2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Figure 9 Basket with lid acquired on Majuro Atoll in 1990-1992 (detail of basket shown in figure 8)
(Photograph © 2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Figure 10 Basket with lid acquired on Majuro Atoll in 1990-1992 (detail of basket shown in figure 8)
(Photograph © 2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Figure 11 Basket with lid acquired on Majuro Atoll in 1990-1992 (detail of basket shown in figure 8)
(Photograph © 2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Figure 12 Basket with lid acquired on Majuro Atoll in 1990-1992 (detail of basket shown in figure 8)
(Photograph © 2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Figure 13 Basket with lid acquired on Majuro Atoll in 1990-1992 (detail of basket shown in figure 8)
(Photograph © 2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Figure 14 Basket with lid acquired on Majuro Atoll in 1990-1992
(Photograph © 2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Figure 15 Basket with lid acquired on Majuro Atoll in 1990-1992 (detail of basket shown in figure 14)
(Photograph © 2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Figure 16 Basket with lid acquired on Majuro Atoll in 1990-1992 (detail of basket shown in figure 14)
(Photograph © 2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Figure 17 Basket with lid acquired on Majuro Atoll in 1990-1992 (detail of basket shown in figure 14)
(Photograph © 2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Figure 18 Basket with lid acquired on Majuro Atoll in 1990-1992 (detail of basket shown in figure 14)
(Photograph © 2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Figure 19 Basket with lid acquired on Majuro Atoll in 1990-1992 (lid no longer extant)
(Photograph © 2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Figure 20 Basket with lid acquired on Majuro Atoll in 1990-1992 (detail of basket shown in figure
(Photograph © 2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Figure 21 Basket with lid acquired on Majuro Atoll in 1990-1992 (detail of basket shown in figure
(Photograph © 2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)



Acknowledgments
I am indebted to Dietgard and Erhart Steffel (Bad Soden, Germany), who made available a number of photographs from their collection.



Bibliographic citation for this document

Spennemann, Dirk H.R. (2002). Marshallese Handicafts—Baskets with a lid (1992)—A Photo Essay
URL: http:/marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/Handicraft/BasketsClosed.html

CONTACT:
Dirk H.R. Spennemann, Institute of Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, P.O.Box 789, Albury NSW 2640, Australia.
e-mail: dspennemann@csu.edu.au
  

 

 
  
 
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