- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Pandanus leaf and cowrie shell basket with round base. [RM [OPS move] 21/11/2016]
- Long description
- Pandanus leaf and cowrie shell basket with round base expanding to an oval rim, and two side handles at the rim for carrying. The cowrie shells are woven into the layers of the basket. [RM [OPS move] 21/11/2016]
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 03/2001
- Date collected
- February 1999 to March 2001
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 2004
- Materials and processes
- Material Cowrie Shell, Material Pandanus Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Basketry, Process Stitched, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Height: max 87 mm, Width: max 202 mm, Length: max 256 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 2004.56.18
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