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This cockle basket is an oak spale basket made by E. Hughes of Pennal in Gwynedd (formerly Monmouthshire). It is a frame basket, made of woven oak slats on a hazel rim, is oval in shape and has a hazel handle. It was used for gathering cockles on estuary sands, and the open weave allows water and sand to pass freely. The basket is part of a large collection of traditional craft products acquired from the British Council.