Carrying Basket (Qaleeg Pg?K Skeq M?Dak)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Oct 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1987 - 1988
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Rosemary Gianno
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Rosemary Gianno
notes: label: Notes
content: TIGHTLY PLAITED BASKET W/ ROUND OPENING AND SQUARE BASE. BASKET'S SIDES PLAITEDW/ DARK GREY AND BROWN PANDANUS W/ UNDYED PANDANUS. DARKER STRANDS OF PANDANUS WOVEN INTO BASKET TO FORM A GEOMETRIC PATTERN. STRAPSPASS THROUGH LOOPS IN BASKET'S RIM AND BASE. ACCORDING TO ROSEMARY GIANNO (COLLECTOR) THE BASKET IS "MADE OF SKEQ?M?DAK - A KIND OF CULTIVATED PANDANUS. RIMS ARE MADE OF TALIIQ ST??K (CALAMUS JAVENSIS BL.), STRAPS - INNER BARK OF HAQ G (PROB. ARTRENPUS ELASTICUS)." THE BASKET WAS MADE FOR USE BY THE BINTE ANJANG. ROSEMARY COMMENTS THAT THE TERM, "NAS?T" MEANS " TO BLACKEN BY HOLDING IT OVER A FIRE. IT IS THEN SOAKED IN WATER AS IS PANDANUS WHICH IS NOT SOAKED IN THIS WAY. FOR ONE NIGHT." COLLECTED JANUARY 11, 1988. SEE GIANNO 1986A AND 1986B IN ACCESSION FILE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Near Pos Legap, Surgei Plus Valley, Perak, Malaysia, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Temiar (Orang Asli)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 385313
label: USNM Number
content: E428844-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 33 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 25.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 23 cm