Record metadata:
| Type | Cultural Object (2014 Definition) |
|---|---|
| Title | IIc 6492 |
| Keywords | Clyindrical woven fibre basket |
| Description | Circular basket with strap used to carry tobacco and betelnut (bua malus, T). Both men and women use lode boku. Used for traditional ceremony. When people they leave the rau-wai, M, sau batar , T ceremony they are given some meat (seu falunu, M, naan lulik, T) or rice (usu era falunu, M, foos lulik, T) to take with them. They carry it in this small basket. |
| 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 | 7 cm diameter 17 cm high |
| Use status in 2014 | Used occasionally |
| Material | Young palm fronds, akadiru nurak, 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 | Korbtasche, G [basket bag] Nana, M |
| 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. People only occasionally make baskets in Baguia now. In 2014 informants commented that people do make decorative baskets now. They qualified this by saying that '...the quality of the basket depends on the ability of the maker, whether or not they can execute detailed patterns.' |
| Production status in 2014 | Made occasionally |
| Timorese Language Term/s | Lode boku, na'a mata, M Bote ki'ik, T |
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