Carrying Basket (Qaleeg Pg?K Skeq Baluq)
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/ CIRCULAR OPENING AND SQUARE BASE. PLAIT WORK HAS SEVERAL DARKER STRANDS OF PANDANUS RUNNING THROUGH IT. RIM OF BASKET'S BASE AND OPENIG IS MADE OF THICKER FIBER. BARK STRAPS PASS THROUGH LOOPS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE BASKET'S OPENING AND BASE. ACCORDING TO ROSEMARY GIANNO (COLLECTOR) THIS BASKET IS "MADE OF WILD PANDANUS (SKEQ BALUQ), THE RIM BINDING IS TALIIQ GERTAS (CALAMUS INSIGNIS [GRIFF.] VAR. LONGISPINOSUS J. DRAUSF. STRAPS ARE INNER BARK OF L?NGAAQ (COMMERSONIA BARTRAMIA), SEW?D QALEEQ - THE BINDING AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE BASKET." THIS BASKET WAS MADE FOR USE BY ALANG ALANG, A WOMAN. ROSEMARY COMMENTS "TO PLAIT (TAAC); A PLAITED WEAVING (TECNAAC)." COLLECTED JANUARY 9, 1988 AND MADE SOMETIME IN 1987. 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: E428842-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 39 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 13 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 21 cm