Record metadata:
Type | Cultural Object (2014 Definition) |
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Title | IIc 6487 |
Keywords | Woven fibre lozenge shape lidded basket |
Description | See IIc 6485. This kadi bu'a features a pattern known as 'ate fu no sanak barak', M (flowers with many branches). |
Creator of Object | Presumed Makasae people |
Date Created | Pre August 1935 |
Place Created | Presumed Baguia Sub-district, Baucau District, Timor-Leste |
Object Type | Basket |
Dimensions | 12.5 cm length 4 cm high |
Use status in 2014 | Used occasionally |
Material | Palm fibres, akadiru, T, (Borassus flabellifer L.) synthetic dyes (obo, M, tinta, T). |
Technique | Hand carved |
Institution/Holder: object | Museum der Kulturen Basel |
Collector | Dr Alfred Bühler |
Date Collected | August 1935 |
Place Collected | Baguia Sub-district, Baucau District, Timor-Leste |
File Copyright | Museum der Kulturen Basel. Photograph taken by Joanna Barrkman, 2014 |
MKB/Buehler object title | Behältnis, G [container] Bua bua, boa boa, M Description: tobacco container; woven from palm leaf strips. Screening (animal pattern ) red, green, blue, purple. Diamond shaped. Push-on lid. Also used for sirih-pinang |
Notes | People only occasionally make baskets in Baguia now. |
Production status in 2014 | Rarely made |
Timorese Language Term/s | Kadi bu'a, M Mama fatin, sakuna, T |
Linked Files:
IIc6487.jpg
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