Cylindrical basket made from dried pandanus leaves interwoven with cowrie shells. This is a traditional handicraft of Kiribati. See 2023.30.1.2 for the matching lid.

Collection type: Object
Description: Cylindrical basket made from dried pandanus leaves interwoven with cowrie shells. This is a traditional handicraft of Kiribati. See 2023.30.1.2 for the matching lid.
Long description: Cylindrical basket made from coiled pandanus leaves, decorated with cowrie shells knotted together using thin strips of pandanus leaf. There are two bands of shell decoration. On the lower band the shells are all positioned with the ventral face outwards so that the aperture is visible. On the upper band the shells are rotated so that the dorsal face is outwards.
Geographical reference: Kiribati
Oceania > Micronesia > Kiribati
Person: Maker Bikam Kaumai; Maker Tibora Birimon; PRM source Natan Itonga
Date / Period: Date made: 2017
Acquisition information: Donated: 31/10/2017
Materials and processes: Material Pandanus Plant, Process Basketry, Material Cowrie Shell
Dimensions: Height: max 85 mm, Diameter: max 107 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2023.30.1.1
Research and responses: Made up of sea shells interwoven by dried pandanus leaves, and a combination of thin transparent plastics. Star shapes and flower shapes are used for decorations, but the point of each shape plays an important role to connect all parts of the shapes that are to make it intact. Information provided by Natan Itonga in 2023.

Search terms: Basketry, Basket

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