Donor: Kathleen Vitale / Culture or time period: Maritime Southeast Asian cultures / Function: 1.5 Household - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 10-3441, described as Bag; 21.2 cm h, 30 cm w, 7 cm deep; beige and dark brown plaited bag with triangular patterns enclosed in squares in body of bag; 4 cm of cross hatched pattern at bottom and zig zag at top; bag held together with three .5 cm bands of bamboo encircling bag lengthwise and looped over horizontal reinforcement at top; horizontal band forms bottom part of half circular handles on back sand front two handles) ; all bands embellished with brown and beige wrapped elements; back has bamboo band connecting superstructure of bag as described above to bag’s lid (4 cmh x 23 cm l) geometrically patterned in dark brown and straw colored; bottom and top of bag have stabilizing elements lashed on.

Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 10-3439, described as Bag; tan, bamboo plaited ovoid shaped bag made up of three nested baskets and 2 ply strap, 99 cm l. ;19 cm top to bottom; 28 cm w., 5.5 cm deep when assembled; a) top basket, strap, and bottom basket; top ovoid shape basket with concave (saddled-shaped) closed top; plaited bamboo with dark brown horizontal elements at lower (open)edge and band of braided multi shaded brown braided elements embelishing saddle shaped top, 2 loops for carrying strap which attaches top to bottom basket where it is tied to two basketry loops, bottom is same ovoid shape but with flat bottom with tan plaited band around bottom b) is plainted ovoid basket with the same brown braided elements as embellishment; has recessed curved interior which accommodates nesting. Each basket has slightly smaller guage of split bamboo and slightly larger circumference to accommodate nesting.