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Food carrying basket - palm leaf, fringe at bottom, stiff sticks along top
Food carrying basket - palm leaf, fringe at bottom, stiff sticks along top
Object Number 40-12-70/1600
Display Title Food carrying basket - palm leaf, fringe at bottom, stiff sticks along top
Descriptions
Inventory Description Basketry bag, woven fiber, rectangular, fringed base, stick rim, rolled
Classification
  • Bag
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Siwai
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Bougainville Island
Materials Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 58 x 19 x 6 cm (22 13/16 x 7 1/2 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-12-70/1600

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Food carrying basket - palm leaf, fringe at bottom, stiff sticks along+
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/Twikwe's possessions, including (top to bottom, left to right) a piece of wood hollowed in center used to trip iron traps, a small stick, a bundle of sharpened sticks used to peg down a hide to stretch it, a fire paddle, 2 sticks, a digging stick, a bow, arrow with a bone point shaped like a needle, and a quiver, with a ruler for measurement
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