- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Bismar with basketry pan. Dark brown wooden rod with decoratively carved end to which the cords for the flat basketry pans are tied. [MOBB [OPS move] 17/2/2017]
- Long description
- Notches are also carved into the beam just beyond the decorative end. A loop of twisted cord is tied around the beam, but loosely enough to move freely. The circular pans are twill woven bases with bent frame sides which are bound in the material used for weaving the basket. [MOBB [OPS move] 17/2/2017]
- Cultural groups
- Lotha Naga
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1922
- Date collected
- 26 November 1922
- Acquisition information
- Donated: Donated Found unentered: 1945
- Materials and processes
- Material Plant, Material Wood Plant, Material Cane Plant, Process Basketry, Process Stained, Process Bent
- Dimensions
- Length: max 397 mm bismar, Height: max 30 mm pan, Diameter: max 244 mm pan, Diameter: max 24 mm bismar
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1945.11.59
Search terms: Measurement, Basketry, Steelyard Balance, Basket
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