Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2007-0003-0005 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Samoan | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Samoa | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Tutuila Island; Village: Pago Pago | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1970s | |
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Warp: undyed coconut front ribs; Weft: undyed and split pandanus leaves; Secondary (decorative) warp: dyed (?) pandanus (?) leaves | |
| Description | Oval basket with flat bottom and slightly flared sides with an inward curving rim; woven entirely in a open weave using an open coiling technique that creates false knots in the spaces between successive coils; A single vertical loop handle is attached to the rim along the sides of the basket; Basket is devoid of all decoration except for band around mid-section, where warp rods are overlaid on exterior only with a dyed (?) black material and the wefts are woven into a diamond shape; Handle is completely coil-wrapped with undyed pandanus fibers, and three strips of dyed (?) black material are interwoven to produce row of terraced black triangles on upper (outer) surface of handle. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 8.2, Width = 12.7, Length = 25.0 | |