Basket liner

Museum number:
11-31963b
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Accession number:
Acc.1187
Description:
Lining of areca spathe (for carrying basket for baby). Purchased from Rafaela, a nurse in Yap Hospital. Used by Rafaela for her own baby.
Donor:
Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
Collection place:
Yap Main Islands, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia
Verbatim coll. place:
Yap: Caroline Islands
Culture or time period:
Yap
Collection date:
May 26, 1956
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
1956
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket liner, accession number 11-31963b, described as Lining of areca spathe (for carrying basket for baby). Purchased from Rafaela, a nurse in Yap Hospital. Used by Rafaela for her own baby.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket liner, accession number 11-31963b, described as Lining of areca spathe (for carrying basket for baby). Purchased from Rafaela, a nurse in Yap Hospital. Used by Rafaela for her own baby.

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