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2002.85.55

Orea, conical hand fish-trap [MOBB [OPS move] 26/7/2017]

2002.85.55

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Collection type
Object
Description
Orea, conical hand fish-trap [MOBB [OPS move] 26/7/2017]
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Gulf Province Kikori District Purari Delta Kinipo
Cultural groups
Koriki
Person
Maker Henao Ako
Field collector Joshua A. Bell
Field collector Sebastian Haraha
PRM source Joshua A. Bell
Date / Period
Date made: Circa 2002
Date collected
12 July 2002
Acquisition information
Purchased: 2002
Materials and processes
Material Sago Palm Spathe Leaf Plant, Material Cane Plant, Material Bark Fibre Plant, Process Braided, Process Woven, Process Basketry
Dimensions
Depth 970 mm, Diameter: max 300 mm, Length: max 900 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2002.85.55 Other numbers: PD 16 [P D 16]
Associated publications
Listed on page 65 of Basketry: Making Human Nature (Norwich: Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, 2011): 'Conical hand fish-trap, 2002 | Kinipo, Purari Delta, Papua New Guinea, Pacific | Sago palm spathe leaf, cane, bark fibre | 90 x 30 cm | Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford (2002.85.55)'. (For details of the exhibition for which this was the catalogue, see under Display History.) [JC 9 9 2019]

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