Coconut frond folded basket stuffed w/ pandanus

Museum number:
11-41864
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2006
Description:
Folded flat-bottom basket with simple plaited coconut frond. Stuffed with strips of pandanus; triangular cross section. 1.50 cm. (not including top).
Donor:
Bronislaw Malinowski and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua Region
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Plaited weaving
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Coconut frond folded basket stuffed w/ pandanus, accession number 11-41864, described as Folded flat-bottom basket with simple plaited coconut frond. Stuffed with strips of pandanus; triangular cross section. 1.50 cm. (not including top).

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