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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 2000-0008-0004   CAS 2000-0008-0004; Basket
Category Basketry
Object Name Basket
Culture Melanesian: ni-Vanuatu
Global Region Oceania
Country Vanuatu (New Hebrides)
State/Prov./Dist. Pentecost
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Helen Boulet (wife of Sylvester Boulet)
Date of Manufacture 2000
Collection Name N/A
Materials Pandanus
Description Large round basket with square base and vertical sides, woven entirely of narrow pandanus strips in a plaiting technique (mostly 2/2, except for band around rim which is 1/1 and includes zigzag band of open weave); Warp and weft fibers are folded over at rim and woven back into basket; Entire rim is also reinforced by narrow braided row on exterior; At two points on rim opposite each other, warp and weft fibers are extended, forming 4 braided carrying straps that all end in long fringe; Ends of straps are not connected to those on opposite side of basket but their ends can be tied together; Warp and weft fibers form pair of short braids at each basal corner, terminating in short fringes.
Dimensions (cm) Height = ca. 39.0, Max Diam = ca. 35.0