Straw circles

Museum number:
18-1086a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21181086a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.3313
Description:
Rattan: rattan construction material specimen, coiled. Tying material. The rattan is in the form in which it is brought back from the forest. Leaves were stripped from canes at collection site. (a) Is “rotan tunggai” (calamus penicillatus, Roxb.). Coiled 48 cm. circumferance. (b) Is not identified as to type. Coiled 128 cm. circumferance.
Donor:
Donald H. Lambert and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Kampung Pesagi, Pahang, Malaysia
Object type:
(not specified)
Object class:
Coiled weaving
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Straw circles, accession number 18-1086a,b, described as Rattan: rattan construction material specimen, coiled. Tying material. The rattan is in the form in which it is brought back from the forest. Leaves were stripped from canes at collection site. (a) Is “rotan tunggai” (calamus penicillatus, Roxb.). Coiled 48 cm. circumferance. (b) Is not identified as to type. Coiled 128 cm. circumferance.

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