Large cylindrical Bidayuh rattan basket - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 99978 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 187.00 PALMAE Korthalsia echinometra | Entry Book Number | 11.2017 | |
| Artefact Name | Large cylindrical Bidayuh rattan basket | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Malaysia | TDWG Region | Malaysia | ||
| Parts Held | Large cylindrical Bidayuh rattan basket | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | Large cylindrical Bidayuh rattan basketUse: MATERIALS User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS | ||
| Storage | Large shelving | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Susi Dunsmore | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 10/04/2017 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Susi Dunsmore | Collector No | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | The wicker-weave basketry technique suggests it is made by the Bidayuh who use different species of rattan for the vertical warp (uwah) and horizontal weft (paang) strands. Fine black fibe 1/3 of the way down may be derived from the fern Gleichenia sp.(se, e pg. 82 of 'Plaited Arts from the Borneo Rainforest').x0Dx0APreviously recorded as Calamus sp. x0Dx0ABlack fibres are Arenga pinnata and brown parts Korthalsia echinometra | ||||
| Determinations: | 187.00 PALMAE Arenga pinnata (Wurmb.) Merr. 187.00 PALMAE Korthalsia echinometra Becc. | ||||