Backpack; basketry, flat, two straps, same on both sides, plait weave, 3 bands of decorative black fibers, woven into natural rattan: 12.1 cm band near rim, 6.6 cm band at center, 9.3 cm bands on side compartments; 3 compartments divided by wooden braces, tall center compartment flanked by two shorter compartments. height without straps 55 cm, width 46 cm.
Donor:
Eric Crystal
Collection place:
Gia Lai Province, Vietnam
Verbatim coll. place:
Vietnam, Gai Lai Province, Sedang People
Culture or time period:
Sedang (Xo Dang)
Collector:
Eric Crystal
Collection date:
August-December 1999
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Knapsacks
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
February 3, 2000
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 46 centimeters and height 55 centimeters
Loans:
S2002-2003 #13: American Museum of Natural History/Maria Yakimov (February 18, 2003–January 15, 2004)