Record metadata:
Type | Cultural Object (2014 Definition) |
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Title | IIc 6490 |
Keywords | Rectangular fibre woven lidded basket |
Description | This lidded basket was used to store betelnut, (bu’a malus, M). |
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 | 17 cm long 11.5 cm wide 6.5 cm high |
Use status in 2014 | Not used |
Material | Borassus flabellifer fronds (akadiru, M, T) and natural dyes |
Technique | Hand woven |
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 | Korb: Sirih-Pinangkorb für Frauen mit Stülpdeckel,G [Basket: sirih-pinang basket for women with hooded lid] Description: sirih-pinang basket for women. Double walls. Outer finely braided red-black patterned. Rectangle with slip lid without using. |
Notes | Viewed and identified at community viewings at Alawa Kraik 5/8/14 and Larisula 16/8/14. Also identified by Sra Ana Maria Pinto, Nelu Dae, Alawa Kraik on 6/8/14 and Sra Joanna Fernandes, Bahatata, on 10/8/2014. |
Production status in 2014 | Not made |
Timorese Language Term/s | Ke waka, M Kohe fatin, T |
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