Head Basket
52-42-8
From: New Britain | West Nakanai
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 52-42-8 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Lakalai |
| Provenience | New Britain | West Nakanai |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Plant Fiber | Glass | Shell |
| Technique | Basketry |
| Description | Woman's head basket. Coiled: hard shiny grass over firm reeds. Nearly circular with slightly concave base and rounded sides; shallow. Small carrying loop on one side at rim. One small shell and one blue glass bead on outside. Native name - La Tia. |
| Credit Line | New Guinea Ethnological Reconnaissance; Ward Goodenough, 1952 |
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