Basket
P2560
From: Australia | Queensland | Northern Queensland
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P2560 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Rainforest People |
| Provenience | Australia | Queensland | Northern Queensland |
| Date Made | Early 20th century |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Lawyer Cane |
| Technique | Twined |
| Description | Bicornuate ("two-horned") basket made of split lawyer cane (Calamus australis). Used by the rainforest peoples of northern Queensland for carrying food and personal belongings, and for leaching poisons from cycad nuts in running streams. Handles missing. |
| Credit Line | Purchased from W. O. Oldman; Subscription of Herbert L. Clark in memory of Edward W. Clark, 1911 |
| Other Number | 22097 - Dealer's Number |
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