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Betel Basket

P1678A

From: Caroline Islands | Yap

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P1678A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Yapese
Provenience Caroline Islands | Yap
Date Made 1903
Section Oceanian
Materials Pandanus | Sea Turtle Shell
Technique Plaited
Description

Oval basket of plaited strips of pandanus leaf. Tassels of pandanus strips along bottom. Hanging from the rim a cord of twisted coconut fiber with a flat sea turtle shell hook. Used to carry the ingredients for betel chewing: areca nut, betel pepper leaf [Piper betle], lime.
Height 25 cm
Width 48.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1904

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