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Cone-shaped basket for holding waste shells when eating shell-fish
Cone-shaped basket for holding waste shells when eating shell-fish
Object Number 08-36-70/74108
Display Title Cone-shaped basket for holding waste shells when eating shell-fish
Descriptions
Inventory Description Basket, reed, spiral cone, open weave, painted black, chipped in places
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ifugao
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Philippines / Luzon / Northern Nueva Vizcaya
Oceania / Philippines / Luzon / Eastern Lepanto
Materials Reed, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 29.6 x 14 x 15.6 cm (11 5/8 x 5 1/2 x 6 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 74108

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