Object class: Baskets (containers) / Donor: Nancy Tanner / Accession number: Acc.2156 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 18-469, described as Basket: round, with flat base; twill plaiting. Made by men of Gadut, a village north of Bukittinggi). Carried on head by women; container for farm produce (eg. rice, bananas, peanuts etc. in village “or to the Pasar”). Height 39.2 cm. Rim diameter 53.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 18-464, described as Basket: with handle; made of natural colored “masiro” in checker plaiting. Multipurpose; used by everybody; worn slung over shoulder. Height without straps 20 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 18-485, described as Basket; palm (?) fiber in twill plaiting; flaring sides. Height 12.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 18-467, described as Basket: rectangular; rattan; with hinged lid; wickerweave; two rattan carrying straps. Listed as “craft tools üntur Membuat Bunga” but probably same as 18-466 (used by women, young men, boys for luggage, marketing). Heigh without straps 33 cm. Width 47 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 18-476a,b, described as Basket: multipurpose; with coverl bamboo in twill plaiting; basket is round with a square base. Height 11.5 cm. Cover rim diameter 17.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket & lid, accession number 18-470, described as Basket: round; rattan; with sharp shoulder; hinged lid, flat base; two handles; wickerweave. Household basket; used for storage, travel, marketing; used by women, young single boys. Height without handles ca. 29.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket & lid, accession number 18-468, described as Basket: round; rattan; sharp shoulder; flat base; hinged lid; wickerweave; two rattan handles. Used by women to store clothes (made by men in village of Andaleh, ca. seven miles south of Pajaumbueh, West Sumatra). Height without handles ca. 30 cm.