Bidayuh 'Chantong' storage and carrying basket - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 99999 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 999.99 FAMILY UNKNOWN | Entry Book Number | 11.2017 | |
| Artefact Name | Bidayuh 'Chantong' storage and carrying basket | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Malaysia | TDWG Region | Malaysia | ||
| Parts Held | Bidayuh 'Chantong' storage and carrying basket | Geography Description | Bidayuh region | ||
| Uses | Bidayuh 'Chantong' storage and carrying 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: | When head hunting was still prevalent the Chantong was used for storing new heads before they were hung up in the head house.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0AIn Bidayuh basketry Calamus pogocanthus / C. optimus / C. cacsius are typically used for the vertical warps, while C. javansis, is used for the horizontal. Upright supports (nekang) are made of Korthalsia flagellaris (a more sturdy rattan) - See pg. 82 of Plaited Arts from the Boreno Rainforest.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0AA similar basket also used for storing heads is refered to by the Iban as a 'bason, g' - See Iban Basketry pg. 188 (Blehaut) | ||||
| Determinations: | 187.00 PALMAE Calamus sp 187.00 PALMAE 200.00 POACEAE 999.99 FAMILY UNKNOWN | ||||