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Object Number 986-4-70/5545
Display Title Basket
Descriptions
Object Description Basket, rounded, layered strips of wood. Black plastic stitching around rim. White bead applique and green and gold metal sequin. Along rim and exterior bottom. Yellow, green and red textile is beneath the white bead decoration. Small round mirror in an orange/yellow knit frame on bottom center. Red paint in overlapping wood strips on interior bottom. Used chiefly to to cap offerings of fruit etc. at temple ceremonies.
Inventory Description Bowl, stitched leaves, reed rim, glass bead, sequins, and metal, designs
Classification
  • Bowl
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia / Lesser Sunda Islands / Bali
Dimensions Overall: 8.2 x 25.5 x 25.9 cm (3 1/4 x 10 1/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 986-4-70/5545
Provenance
Collector Ira Sachs (1986)
Donor Ira Sachs

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