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Start Over Object name Headband Media available image Function 1.4 Transportation
Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 1-1180, described as Fiber, woven. Continuous loop, torn at one side of center band.
Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 9-17169, described as Basket support (?). Two wood hoops each wrapped in straw; connected with thin twig regularly zigzagging between and woven into place; one hoop smaller than the other. Diam. 18.5 cm., Ht. 7.5 cm. Probably basket supports for head carrying and probably Laotian. Identified as Lao “basi,” a collar for setting round bottomed baskets for their support. See 9-17168.
Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 9-17168, described as Basket support (?). Two wood hoops each wrapped in straw; connected with thin twig regularly zigzagging between and woven into place; one hoop smaller than the other. Diam. 19 cm., Ht. 7.5 cm. Probably basket supports for head carrying and probably Laotian. Identified as Lao “basi,” a collar for setting round bottomed baskets for their support. See 9-17169.

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