Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2000-0008-0005 | |
| 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 strips | |
| Description | Large round basket with square base and vertical sides, woven entirely of narrow pandanus strips in a plaiting technique (mostly 2/2, with occasional 3/2; 2 encircling bands on upper sides are made by crossing over adjacent warps and adjacent wefts to form a horizontal band before resuming diagonal weave); Rim of basket is scalloped and 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. 32.5, Max Diam = ca. 30.0 | |