Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2016-0005-0027 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basketry tray | |
| Culture | Micronesian: Chuukese | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Federated States of Micronesia | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Chuuk (Truk) | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Caroline Islands | |
| Maker's Name | unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1985 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Plant fiber; Shell: cowrie (Cypraeidae) and marine snail (Turbo petholatus) operculum | |
| Description | Large round, flat basketry tray woven in 6 leaf-shaped designs; Center of tray has a green and brown shell surrounded by an open ring of brown cowrie shells inside a ring of small white cowrie shells. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Thickness = 1.3, Max Diam = 44.0 | |