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Charm Part

P825R

From: Borneo | Sarawak | Baram District

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P825R
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Borneo | Sarawak | Baram District
Date Made 1898
Section Oceanian
Materials Palm Leaf
Description

Basketry tube with a flat, tapering openwork tab (4, 3, 2, 1 holes) at top. Narrow braided hanging strip broken off and missing. Possibly part of a charm consisting of several (8?) such tubes suspended from a basketry dome (see P825Y). Hung outside door to keep off evil spirits.
Height 27.6 cm
Width 8.7 cm
Credit Line Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899

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