basket
- Museum number
- As1958,06.117.a
- Description
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Basket made of fibre (vegetable), hexagonal plaited.
- Production date
- 20thC (early)
- Dimensions
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Height: 2.70 centimetres
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Weight: 6 grammes
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Width: 7.90 centimetres
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Depth: 7.60 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Register says: SUKLUBAN BU?UNBU?UN " four-cornered telescopic basket with nito overlay"
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Hexagonal plaiting in basketry is also known as mad weave, translated from anyam gila which is the Malay term for this technique.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1958
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As1958,06.117.a