Basket

A basket is a container which is traditionally constructed from stiff fibers, which can be made from a range of materials, including wood splints, runners, and cane. While most baskets are made from plant materials, other materials such as horsehair, baleen, or metal wire can be used. Baskets are generally woven by hand. Some baskets are fitted with a lid, others are left open.

Uses

Baskets serve utilitarian as well as aesthetic purposes. Some baskets are ceremonial, that is religious, in nature. While baskets are typically used for storage and transport, specialized baskets are as sieves, for cooking, for processing seeds or grains, for tossing gambling pieces, rattles, fans, fish traps, laundry, and other uses.

History

Prior to the invention of woven baskets, people used tree bark to make simple containers. These containers could be used to transport gathered food and other items, but crumble after only a few uses. Weaving strips of bark or other plant material to support the bark containers would be the next step, followed by entirely woven baskets. The last innovation appears to be baskets so tightly woven that they could hold water.

Basket (hieroglyph)

Basket hieroglyph: list of uses

List of epithet uses

Pharaonic uses

The pharaoh is often shown in reliefs or in cartouche-related statements as Lord of the Two Lands. The basket hieroglyph is used as 'lord', or 'king'. Queens, or goddesses use the 'lordess' form, the feminine implied from the "t" hieroglyph but not needed for the basket. The basket is used for either.

Rosetta Stone use

Gallery: Lord of the Two Lands-(Neb Taui)

'Lord of the Two Lands'

'Lord of the Two Lands'

Gold ring:
Pharaoh-'Wonderful', Lord of the Two Lands, etc. (from right-to-center column)

Gold ring:
Pharaoh-'Wonderful', Lord of the Two Lands, etc. (from right-to-center column)

Gallery: (basket lines, squares)

Lines in wicker basket

Lines in wicker basket

Pharaoh Sahure relief

Pharaoh Sahure relief

Pectoral with lined basket inlays-(blue-red-white-blue)
Pin with ankh and Sa hieroglyphs on basket-(blue-green-red-blue)

Pectoral with lined basket inlays-(blue-red-white-blue)
Pin with ankh and Sa hieroglyphs on basket-(blue-green-red-blue)

Basket cheese

Basket is a cheese made from cow's milk available fresh or dry. Fresh basket has no salt taste, while dry basket is mildly salty. Basket cheese gets its name from the way it is formed (inside a basket).

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