MKB Baskets

Record metadata:

Type	Cultural Object (2014 Definition)
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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