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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 0545-0001   CAS 0545-0001; Basket
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