Basket

Maker
Unknown Maker
Description
Square base and a round top. Inside of the basket is lined with bark. The basket is supported by a wooden frame with vertical and horizontal members. One side is particularly protected with multiple horizontal slats. There are three bands of patterned bark woven in black and brown. Metal lid. The basket was strapped to the back for use.
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Maker
Media/Materials
Bark, wood, natural fibre possibly split rattan, metal.
Production place
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
1972/129/42.1-2

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