Pandanus Carrying Basket (Qaleeq Skeq)
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. PANDANUS USED IN BASKET IS UNDYED AND DYED PURPLE. PURPLE PANDANUS FORMS A GEOMETRIC PATTERN ON THE BASKET. RIM OF BASKET'S BASE AND OPENING MADE FROM RATTAN HOOP TO WHICH PLAIT WORK IS ATTACHED. 2 STRAPS OF BARK CROSS ON ONE SIDE AND PASS THROUGH RATTAN LOOPSIN BASKET'S RIM AND BASE. ACCORDING TO ROSEMARY GIANNO (COLLECTOR) THE BASKET IS"OR CARRYING RICE OR ANYTHING." SHE COMMENTS THAT THIS BASKET WAS MADE FOR USE AND WAS USED BEFORE BEING COLLECTED. THE BASKET IS MADE FROM "CULTIVATED PANDANUS(SKEQ KL?K), THE INNER BARK OF A TREE CALLED C?K AND RATTAN AROUND THE RIM AND BOTTOM (TALIIQ ST??K OR CLAMIS JAVENSIS BL.) STORE BOUGHT DYE FOR THE RED COLORING. MADE BY THE WIFE OF PANDAK ASO BIN BUSU." COLLECTED ON JANUARY 9, 1987 AND MADE SOMETIME IN 1987. SEE GIANNO 1986A AND 1986B IN ACCESSION FILE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kampong Temakah, Pos Legap, 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: E428839-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 38 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 22.5 cm