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Palm leaf basket
Object Number 00-8-70/55629
Display Title Palm leaf basket
Descriptions
Inventory Description Basket, plaited leaf, flat base, rectangular, lid attached on one side, lid and basket rim edged with twisted fiber cordage, two handles of twisted fiber cordage, handles tied to basket at rim
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Kiribati / Gilbert Islands / Abaiang Island
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 27.5 × 19.5 × 14.5 cm (10 13/16 × 7 11/16 × 5 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55629

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