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Cassie

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from Orkney

Postcard of Cassie.
000-100-001-941-C
© National Museums Scotland

Cassie

A cassie was a basket for carrying peats. This woven heather example is from Orkney.

Heather cassie, roughly circular at the mouth, from Orkney

Peat, turf and brushwood were the only fuels for the fire, except where there were local outcrops of coal. Of these, peat was the most important. In the Highlands and Islands, where it is abundant, it is still cut and dried for use at home.


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Online ID: 000-100-001-941-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.QP 36
Date: 18th or 19th century
Material: Heather
Dimensions: 17.00" D x 16.00" [deep]
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Subject: Baskets and basketry, straw working (including chair making, but (NMAS Classification)
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Where: Scotland, Orkney
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