Large food dish made of areca spathe. The ends have been folded and gathered up to produce the shape. The edges all round have been strengthened with cane lashed to the bark.

Collection type: Object
Description: Large food dish made of areca spathe. The ends have been folded and gathered up to produce the shape. The edges all round have been strengthened with cane lashed to the bark.
Geographical reference: Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India)
Asia > Southern Asia > Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India); Nicobar Islands
Person: Field collector Edward Horace Man; PRM source Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1886
Date collected: Before 1887
Acquisition information: Transferred: 1886, uncertain
Materials and processes: Material Palm Spathe Leaf Plant, Process Stitched
Dimensions: Length: max 490 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1887.11.21.2 Other numbers: 54 104.E.1
Research and responses: On the donor card it says 'The Nicobar collections came in two ways 1. via the University Museum transfer in 1886 and via General Pitt Rivers own collections ... Donations volume 1 pages 12 - 15 which lists those objects given by Man to the University Museum and then transferred to PRM in 1886; with retrospective numbers', all objects need to be carefully matched against entries and where uncertain both Objects PRM and the PR catalogue entries examined to ensure the right entry has been chosen [AP 2/9/99]