Rectangular shaped basketry box, made of lontar palm leaf. [EH [OPS Move] 4/5/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Rectangular shaped basketry box, made of lontar palm leaf. [EH [OPS Move] 4/5/2017]
Long description: Rectangular shaped basketry box, made of lontar palm leaf. Plaited in bias over one / under one technique. The bottom edge of the base is reinforced with a mid-rib of lontar palm leaf. For associated lid see [2005.114.1 .2] and for the contents of the box see [2005.114.1 .3 - .8] [EH [OPS Move] 4/5/2017]
Geographical reference: Indonesia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Indonesia; Savu
Person: Field collector Felicity Wood; PRM source Felicity Wood
Date / Period: Date made: Before 08/2004
Date collected: August 2005
Acquisition information: Donated: 05/10/2005
Materials and processes: Material Palm Leaf Plant, Process Basketry
Dimensions: Height: max 145 mm total, Height: max 130 mm, Width: max 155 mm total, Width: max 155 mm, Length: max 252 mm total, Length: max 252 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2005.114.1.1 Other numbers: Donor's catalogue item 1
Research and responses: See Genevieve Duggan, 'Ikats of Savu Women Weaving History in Eastern Indonesia' Studies in Material Cultures of Southeast Asia No. 1, Bangkok 2001 [MdeA 17/10/2005]

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