Object class: Basketry (object genre) / Media available: legacy documentation / Donor: Nancy Tanner - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 18-469, described as Basket: round, with flat base; twill plaiting. Made by men of Gadut, a village north of Bukittinggi). Carried on head by women; container for farm produce (eg. rice, bananas, peanuts etc. in village “or to the Pasar”). Height 39.2 cm. Rim diameter 53.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 18-464, described as Basket: with handle; made of natural colored “masiro” in checker plaiting. Multipurpose; used by everybody; worn slung over shoulder. Height without straps 20 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 18-467, described as Basket: rectangular; rattan; with hinged lid; wickerweave; two rattan carrying straps. Listed as “craft tools üntur Membuat Bunga” but probably same as 18-466 (used by women, young men, boys for luggage, marketing). Heigh without straps 33 cm. Width 47 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 18-485, described as Basket; palm (?) fiber in twill plaiting; flaring sides. Height 12.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket & lid, accession number 18-468, described as Basket: round; rattan; sharp shoulder; flat base; hinged lid; wickerweave; two rattan handles. Used by women to store clothes (made by men in village of Andaleh, ca. seven miles south of Pajaumbueh, West Sumatra). Height without handles ca. 30 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket & lid, accession number 18-470, described as Basket: round; rattan; with sharp shoulder; hinged lid, flat base; two handles; wickerweave. Household basket; used for storage, travel, marketing; used by women, young single boys. Height without handles ca. 29.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket lid, accession number 18-478, described as Food cover: rattan strips (yellow, red, black, white) in wickerweave; rattan handle. Inside rim, red lettering (”Indonesia January 25th 1965 22 Ramadan”); on outside is red painted strip at base with white lettering (including “Bandar Barn, Bukittinggi”) Rim diameter 68 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket lid, accession number 18-475, described as Basket lid: rattan strips in twill weave. Basket used by married women to carry food to ceremony, especially wedding (compare with 18-469 from same village--Gaout). Rim diameter 34.5 cm. Base missing similar to 18-474a.

Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 18-457, described as Hat: broad brimmed; made of long plaited bands of grassy material stitched together in spirals; pink and yellow ribbons around crown. Width 37 cm.