Cylindrical bamboo tobacco box

Description
A cylindrical bamboo box and lid made from a section of a bamboo stalk. A plaited band of natural fibre around the cylinder secures a fibre handle.
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Object detail

Media/Materials
Bamboo container and lid, with natural fibre detailing and handle.
Production place
Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Collection
N.M. Roe Collection/Iban & Indonesian Collection/Ethnology
Department collection type
Ethnology
Credit line
Collection of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Accession number
1972/129/40

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