Record metadata:
Type | Cultural Object (2014 Definition) |
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Title | IIc 6353 |
Keywords | Toothbrush |
Description | This toothbrush features a highly decorative handle twinned in possibly silk red and yellow threads. It also feature a long cord, made from seeds? |
Creator of Object | Presumed Makasae people |
Date Created | Pre August 1935 |
Place Created | Presumed Baguia Sub-district, Baucau District, Timor-Leste |
Object Type | Personal object |
Dimensions | TBC |
Use status in 2014 | Not used as commercially manufactured plastic toothbrushes are now widely available. |
Material | Brush: fibres, cotton and silk? threads Cord: twine and seeds seeds? |
Technique | Hand constructed and twined / bound |
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 | Kette, amnuana (Kette)/ gurukuru (Bürste), G |
Production status in 2014 | Not made |
Timorese Language Term/s | Wasi sika, M Kose nehan, T |
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