Object name: Basket / Object class: Baskets (containers) / Collection place: Malaysia - 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 18-1083, 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 18-1469, described as Basket, small, decorated with yellow and red dyes; weave is wicker work.

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.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 18-1472, described as Basket. With handle; red, yellow, and green. Miniature. Rim diameter 7 cm. Height 9 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 18-1475, described as Basket. With handle; red, yellow, and green. Miniature. Rim diameter 6.5 cm. Height 9.5 cm. (with handle).

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 18-1084, described as Container, food container: patterned, dyed and natural, plaited “pandanus” container. Rectangular, slightly narrower at opening, 38 x 25 cm. “Siku keluang” is the decorative motif here meaning “bat’s elbow.” Braided loop at bottom. Used as a container for gifts to visitors (kin?) who help a family with harvest activities. Filled with rice (hulled), or “empin” (a parched pounded rice product made only with newly harvested rice) and end sewn up. 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: 1.25. (see catalogue # 18-1083)