Krui, West Coast Of Lampung Province, Sumatra, Indonesia
Accession Date:
1 Oct 1989
Collection Date:
1987 - 1988
Notes:
LARGE DARK BROWN PLAITED BASKET W/ CIRCULAR WOODEN RIM AND SQUARE WOOD BASE. ALONG EXTERIOR OF BASKET AT DIFFERENT PLACES RUNNING BASKET'S LENGTH ARE 4 PIECES OF WOOD ATTACHED TO BASKET'S RIM AND BASE. AT THE BASE THESE 4 PIECES OF WOOD EXTEND BEYOND THE BASE. INSIDE THE BASKET THESE PIECES OF WOOD ARE MIRRORED BY 2 PIECES OF WOOD SET PERPENDICULAR TO ONE ANOTHER. THEY ARE SET IN LINE W/ EXTERIOR PIECES. THESE 4 PIECES OF WOOD ARE BOUND TO THE BASKET AT THEY BOTTOM, MIDDLEAND TOP BY DARK BROWN RATTAN WEAVE. WRAPPED AROUND THE FRONT OF BASKET AND TIED AT EITHER SIDE OF BASKET'S BASE IS A SINGLE STRAP OF PLAITED RATTAN. AT THE BASE EACH END OF THE RATTAN STRAP IS TIED TO ITSELF AND IS ATTACHED TO THE BASE BY A GREEN CORD. ACCORDING TO ROSEMARY GIANNO (COLLECTOR) THIS BASKET IS "USED BY MEN FOR CARRYING RICE, RESIN, AND ANYTHING." THIS BASKET IS STILL MUCH IN USE. MEN MAKE THIS BASKET. IT WAS MADE FOR USE AND USED. ROSEMARY COMMENTS THAT THE STRAPS ARE "RATTAN (HUWI SSAH), RIM IS HUWI MARNU (WIDE DIAMETER RATTAN). THE STAYS ARE HUWI L L Q AND THE WEARING IS HUWI SSAH. BOUGHT SECOND HAND FROM A FRIEND OF KUSNUS." THIS BASKET WAS MADE IN 1987 AND COLLECTED ON NOVEMBER 17, 1987.
