Rectangular Basketry Box with Lid
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Aug 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1944
name: label: Collector
content: Marjorie S. Wolcott
label: Donor Name
content: Marjorie S. Wolcott
notes: label: Notes
content: Rectangular, made of layers of dried, flattened leaves, some dyed. A description from an appraisal in accession file states that "the framework of the basket is Calamus (climbing palm). Geometric motifs have been created by using vegetal dyed palm in the colors black and orange-red, together with yellow strands of undyed orchid fibers." Rim of body and lid whip-stitched with cord. Long woven band attached to each long side, creating a handle.
label: Notes
content: Donor states (in notes in the accession file) that she bartered with cigarettes to acquire this box from "a native" on Biak island, but that it originally came from one of the neighboring islands. She states, "the box is considered by the natives to be of the best quality -- probably it belonged to a village chieftan".
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Biak Island, Irian Jaya (Western New Guinea/Papua), Indonesia, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 366034
label: USNM Number
content: E431536-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basketry Box
physicalDescription: label: Length - Box And Lid Assembled
content: 36 cm
label: Width - Box And Lid Assembled
content: 28.5 cm
label: Height - Box And Lid Assembled
content: 28.5 cm