Woven basket

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Description
In 1974 Waikato Museum acquired a selection of items, including this woven basket, from Graham Jackson. Jackson was a New Zealand anthropologist who spent time living with and researching the Kopon and the Kalam people of the Lower Kaironk Valley in Papua New Guinea.

Jackson fieldnotes: Basket = wanb ban (no literal meaning in this context). This is made specifically for boys to carry hobpan seeds in as a kind of charm for good health and growth. Small hand woven pouch containing six seeds. Manufactured by women for close relations.
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Media/Materials
Natural fibre and seeds.
Measurements
Part 1 - 94 x 70 x 40mm - HxWxD
Part 1 - 183mm (length of cord).
Parts 2-7 - 32 x 24 x 16mm - approx. HxWxD
Production place
Lower Kaironk Valley, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Collection
Graham Jackson Collection/New Guinea Collection/Ethnology
Department collection type
Ethnology
Credit line
Collection of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Accession number
1974/64/156.1-7

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