Penja basket - medium size - Specimen details

Penja basket - medium size - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 99439

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Plant Name 199.00 CYPERACEAE Lepironia articulata Entry Book Number 9.2016
Artefact Name Penja basket - medium size Vernacular Name
Iso Country Madagascar TDWG Region Madagascar
Parts Held Penja basket - medium size Geography Description Fenerive Est market
Uses Penja basket - medium sizeUse: 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 LGEB44
Collection Notes Collection Date 16/06/2016
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Stem is washed, flattened and dried in the sun, then woven by hand. This type of basket is used throughout the region for carrying everything from rice to charcoal to bananas. Can be more or less decorated than this item. Often two laden baskets are ca, rried at either end of a thick piece of bamboo. Lauren Gardiner, pers. comm.

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