Basket from bamboo - Specimen details

Basket from bamboo - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 99437

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Plant Name 200.00 POACEAE Entry Book Number 9.2016
Artefact Name Basket from bamboo Vernacular Name
Iso Country Madagascar TDWG Region Madagascar
Parts Held Basket from bamboo Geography Description Tanana (village) Morarano, Fkt: Morarano
Uses Basket from bambooUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man TDWG use MATERIALS - Fibres
Storage Large shelving Related Items
Donor Gardiner, Lauren Donor No
Donor Date 27/07/2016 Donor Notes
Collector Gardiner, Lauren Collector No LGEB40
Collection Notes Collection Date 10/06/2016
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Bamboo stem is cut into strips and woven before they dry. (Similar technique and use but different material to EBC 99426). Basket used to carry chicks to rice fields during the day. Garaba = local name for a temporary loosely woven basket; akoho kely =, chicken + small = chick.

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