Basket
65-8-18
From: Caroline Islands | Nukuoro
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 65-8-18 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Caroline Islands | Nukuoro |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Leaf |
| Technique | Basketry |
| Description | Coconut leaflet basket, gede dua dahi, used for containing and storing the stones of an umu (earth oven) when the oven is opened and the stones removed. Modern version (easier to make). |
| Height | 14 cm |
| Length | 27 cm |
| Width | 18 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Vern Carroll, 1965 |
| Other Number | 34 - Other Number |
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