MKB Baskets

Record metadata:

Type	Cultural Object (2014 Definition)
Title	IIc 6567
Keywords	Hexagonally shaped woven fibre lidded basket
Description	People use lidded baskets such as this one for storing rice to take to the family when someone has died or for storing small household or personal items. The decorative pattern is 'manu pombu", T, pigeons, on the lid. The basket wall is decorated with human figure and deer.
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	14 cm diameter 8.5 cm high
Use status in 2014	Used occasionally
Material	Akadiru, M, T (Borassus flabellifer) fronds and synthetic 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	Deckelkorb, G [covered basket] bua, 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. The identification of the basket with string rice may have been a misinterpretation from the digital image, however, small amounts of rice may have been stored and carried in such a basket. Although people still make such baskets informants in Baguia 20014 commented that people do make such decorative baskets now. 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	Malu bu'a, bu'a mata, M Mama fatin, T

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