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Carrying basket
Object Number 999-6-70/5829
Display Title Carrying basket
Descriptions
Object Description Large plaited flat-bottomed carrying basket with black patterning and thin wood strips attached at rim and base; six twisted cords attached, join to form carrying strap; two liners of plaited wider strips of a different kind of plant material than outer basket; the liner between the basket and the inner liner is deeper than the basket itself and sticks up above the basket rim; the inner liner is much shallower, and is worn at the corners
Inventory Description Basket, basket liner, rectangular, reed frame, twisted fiber ties, plaid design
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Date 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia / Lesser Sunda Islands / Alor Island
Materials Plant fiber, Reed, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 38.5 x 29.3 x 17 cm (15 3/16 x 11 9/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Bequest of Cora DuBois through Tozzer Library
Provenance
Collector Dr. Cora DuBois (1938 ca. - 1991)
Donor Tozzer Library (1991 - 3/24/99)

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