Ketupat basket pouches for containing cooked rice - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 99985 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 188.00 PANDANACEAE Pandanus | Entry Book Number | 11.2017 | |
| Artefact Name | Ketupat basket pouches for containing cooked rice | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Malaysia | TDWG Region | Malaysia | ||
| Parts Held | Ketupat basket pouches for containing cooked rice | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | Ketupat basket pouches for containing cooked riceUse: MATERIALS User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Susi Dunsmore | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 10/04/2017 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Susi Dunsmore | Collector No | |||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | The material used is most likely Pandanus leaves, probably P. odoratissimus, which imparts a fragrance to the rice when cooked. Although biru (Licuala) or coconut leaves are also sometimes used (see pg. 45 of Iban baskets by Blehaut). | ||||