Large cylindrical Bidayuh rattan basket - Specimen details

Large cylindrical Bidayuh rattan basket - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 99978

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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
Collection Notes Collection Date
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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.

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