MKB Baskets

Record metadata:

Type	Cultural Object (2014 Definition)
Title	IIc 6491
Keywords	Tall woven fibre basket with insert tray
Description	This basket was used to serve betelnut (malu bu'a, M) at ceremonial occasions. This malu bu'a andar is used for the gift giving of marriage dowry. For example, it could be used to present a ceremonial pendant (laba lewe, M; belak, T), cash other valuable goods. Malu bu’a ‘andar’; ‘andar’ = stairs, a reference to tthe height of the basket. This basket was identified as a type of basket from Viqueque District 'modelu husi aldeia Nusa iha Distritu Viqueque'. It is decorated with horse and human figures. Such as basket was used in the ceremonial house (oma falu, M ume lisan, uma adat, T) to serve visitors and guests and family for the bridewealth negotiations (fetosaun umane, T). 'Bore' is a supplementary weave technique whereby the dyed fibre is woven onto the basic basket structure after it has been woven to create the decorative pattern. 'Ete sina' and 'teri sina' are terms that refer to the vertical and horizontal weave.
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	21 cm diameter 23.5 cm high
Use status in 2014	Not used
Material	Palm fronds, akadiru, T, (Borassus flabellifer L.)
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, G [basket] Malu bua, M 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 (in this scale)
Timorese Language Term/s	Malu bu'a andar, M

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