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Coal Basket; 1300

Coal Basket, 1300Coal Basket, 1300
Name/Title
Coal Basket
About this object
Believed to be the only one of its kind left in New Zealand and is over one hundred years old, this coal basket is made of locally grown supplejack vines. It is thought to have been made by Mr J McLaren, Port Nelson. The baskets were used to transfer bulk coal from the ship to wharf.
Medium and Materials
Supplejack
Credit Line
Donated by Lynnette Wilson, Motueka 2004
Object Type
Basket
Object number
1300

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