Basketry, in the broadest sense, has been used for a long time by peoples all over the world to make a wide variety of useful and decorative objects. The Pitt Rivers Museum has on show many such things, illustrating basketry techniques and the diverse sorts of materials which may be used. Information on most of the basketry on show is given here and links to the Pitt Rivers Museum catalogues are provided where available.

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• Introduction if you are new to basketry, this section is a useful guide both to baskets and to the way the museum is laid out
  
• The Collection
• Basketry Techniques
• Basketry Materials
• Basketry Uses
• Makers & Collectors: where the baskets come from and who collected them [currently under construction]
• Contemporary Basketmakers and the Pitt Rivers Museum
• Conservation
• Definitions [currently under construction]
• Bibliography
• Links to other related sites [currently under construction]
• Acknowledgements