Object name: Basket / Object class: Plaited weaving / Culture or time period: Southeast Asian cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 9-13219, described as Basket; split bamboo; twill plaited; top diameter: 22.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 9-17231, described as Wrist protector. Straw; tubular; flared; diagonally plaited with twine weave at edges; double layered at wrist end. Wrist protector used when emptying fish trap. Protector from small poisonous snakes and biting fish, etc. May be pair with 9-17232. CHECK

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 10-1374, described as Buri palm strip checkerwork plaited basket with nito overlay; brown, red, natural; carrying cord; 5 1/8” dia. at mouth

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 18-1659, described as Basket, headhunter’s; plaited; freestanding, round rim reinforced with bamboo; square bottom with crossed bamboo strips leading to top as stiffeners; plaited backpack style straps (two), geometric dyed design on exterior. Used to carry human heads after hunt, called “Kanju.” Height 29.5 cm. Rim diameter 32.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 9-13220, described as Basket; split bamboo; twill plaited; top diameter: 17.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 18-1083, described as Container, food container: purple and green dyed, natural plaited “pandanus” rectangular container. Open work plaiting (decorative) at bottom of container with braid (single) 49.5 cm. long, knotted at end. 17 x 25 cm. (open plaiting forms triangle shape). Used as a container for gifts during rice harvest season. Filled with rice (hulled), or “empin” (a parched pounded rice product made only with newly harvested rice) and end sewn up. Used as a container for gifts to visitors (kin?) who help a family with harvest activities, probably ritual. No activities occurred during my [Don Lambert ?] research in which containers of this sort were required. These two containers (#42 and 43) are an example of an item people claim they used to make. I [Don Lambert ?] was unable to elicit a clear description of their former use, or exact rituals involved. Cost in U.S. dollars: 1.04. (see catalogue # 18-1084)

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 9-17221, described as Basket; diagonally plaited; square bottom shaped to round opening; rim reinforced with rattan strands woven around; bottom has two cross braces; hoop handle made of three rattan strips extending through body. Ht. 17 cm; diam. 11.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 18-1057, described as Hat, “pillbox” shape; plaited pandanus with designs in yellow, red, and brown; large X design around sides. Diameter 17.5 cm. Height 8.1 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 9-17106, described as Basket, 2 pronged base, wooden handle, twill plaited bamboo. Used for irrigating fields.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 18-1109, described as Basket: ritual harvesting basket. Bottom of basket square with four corners. Top of basket round, pulled in just below top. Dark brown, twill plaited rattan. Container for first rice harvest each season. Carried under arm. Used during rituals on first day of harvest only. Used by either men or women, but usually women. Made only by men. On the first day of harvest only one small basket is harvested in this type of “tanking,” the contents to be used for harvest rituals. Taboo of silence maintained from time of leaving house and returning with new rice. Cost in U.S. dollars: 1.66. Height 19 cm. Diameter of top opening 17 cm.