Basket

Museum number:
18-1553
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21180001553
Accession number:
Acc.4095
Description:
Food cover, pandanus leaf, alternating linear and geometric large bead pattern. Heavily ornamented. Glass-like mirror on base boarded by red cloth material. Design on alternating yellow, beige, gray and purple material. Some of the beads have a purple color the result of bleeding from the material. Width 26 cm. Depth 10 cm.
Donor:
Ira Sachs
Collection place:
Indonesia
Culture or time period:
Indonesian
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 18-1553, described as Food cover, pandanus leaf, alternating linear and geometric large bead pattern. Heavily ornamented. Glass-like mirror on base boarded by red cloth material. Design on alternating yellow, beige, gray and purple material. Some of the beads have a purple color the result of bleeding from the material. Width 26 cm. Depth 10 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 18-1553, described as Food cover, pandanus leaf, alternating linear and geometric large bead pattern. Heavily ornamented. Glass-like mirror on base boarded by red cloth material. Design on alternating yellow, beige, gray and purple material. Some of the beads have a purple color the result of bleeding from the material. Width 26 cm. Depth 10 cm.

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