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Object Number 986-4-70/5546
Display Title Basket
Descriptions
Object Description Basket, rounded, layered strips of wood with 6 alternating purple dyed strips on interior and black plastic stitching around purple dyed rim. White bead applique with strips of metal along rim and bottom exterior. Yellowish textile beneath the beads, blue sequin, gold twine and leaf shape paper. Decorations on bottom. Small round mirror in a magenta/gold knit frame on bottom center. Wood is worn and ripped on interior bottom. Used chiefly to cap the offerings of fruit, etc. at temple ceremonies.
Inventory Description Bowl, stitched leaves, reed rim, glass bead, metal, and cloth designs
Classification
  • Bowl
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia / Lesser Sunda Islands / Bali
Dimensions Overall: 8.1 x 25.7 x 26.1 cm (3 3/16 x 10 1/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 986-4-70/5546
Provenance
Collector Ira Sachs (1986)
Donor Ira Sachs (1986)

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