Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0545-0001 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Australian Aborigine | |
| Global Region | Australia | |
| Country | Australia | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Northern Territory | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Reserve: Arnhem Land; Maningrida | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1975 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Cabbage palm; Bamboo | |
| Description | Irregularly shaped carrying basket with flat base and vertical, flaring sides; Made from single cabbage palm leaf whose ends are folded up and overlapped, then lashed with thin bamboo strips; Spine of palm leaf extends naturally from rim at one end of basket and is folded over and attached at opposite rim to form carrying handle. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 15.5, Width = 24.5, Length = 24.7 | |