Basket
55-17-258
From: Australia | Northern Australia | Melville Island
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 55-17-258 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tiwi | Narrinyeri (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Australia | Northern Australia | Melville Island |
| Date Made | 1954 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Pandanus |
| Technique | Coiled |
| Description | Made in imitation of mainland basket techniques. Meville Islanders did not weave baskets of pandanus aboriginally. Coiled; flairing. Collected on Melville Island but Narrinyeri style (S. Australia). |
| Height | 35 cm |
| Width | 26 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 24 cm |
| Credit Line | National Geographic / University Museum Expedition; Jane C. Goodale, 1955 |
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