Basket

P1555

From: Sumatra

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P1555
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Lampong
Provenience Sumatra
Date Made 1901
Section Oceanian
Materials Peel | Bamboo
Technique Basketry
Description

Carrying basket. Tall with a round mouth reinforced with a circular bamboo ring with a second ring 7cm below the mouth. Four vertical supports that meet at the corners of a square base. One side has a two strands of peel twisting around a vertical segment of the basket from top to bottom.

Height 72 cm
Outside Diameter 56.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of H. M. Hiller and Alfred C. Harrison Jr., 1901

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