Record metadata:
Type | Cultural Object (2014 Definition) |
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Title | IIc 6494 |
Keywords | Woven fibe shoulder bag |
Description | This shoulder bag was used to carry personal effects such as tobacco and betelnut known as 'bua malus', T. Both men and women used tabe lode in Baguia. |
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 | 19 cm high 14 cm wide |
Use status in 2014 | Still used occasionally |
Material | Bag is made from pandanus fibres, deni, M, hedan, T (Pandanus, L.) with synthetic dyes. String is made from tali hirik, (Corypja utan L.) Halo hus akadiru tahan nurak. (or hedan?? JB) |
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 | Tragtasche: Tragtasche für Männer, G [carry bag : carrying bag for men] |
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 | Still made occasionally |
Timorese Language Term/s | Tabe lode, M Kohe, T |
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