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Object Number
973-3-70/5384
Display Title
Basket, oval; approx. 25 cm diam. at rim, 30 cm at widest diam., 16 cm. high. Wr
Descriptions
Object Description
Basket, oval; approx. 25 cm diam. at rim, 30 cm at widest diam., 16 cm. high. Wrapped coiled palm leaf Design produced from the technique spaces left int he wrapping creates triangel shapes over 5 rows of coil Several rows are of black (dyed?) palm which contrasts to the natural
Inventory Description
Basket, bowl, flat base, ridged carinated body, coiled openwork, black stripes
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Samoa
Materials
Vegetable fiber, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 15.8 x 31.1 x 30.6 cm (6 1/4 x 12 1/4 x 12 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
973-3-70/5384
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