Basket

82-7-37

From: Thailand | Udon Thani

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Ka Bung | กะบุง | Kra Bung | กระบุง
Object Number 82-7-37
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Thai | Isaan
Provenience Thailand | Udon Thani
Date Made 1900-1981
Section Asian
Materials Grass | Basketry
Technique Basketry | Woven
Subject Storage & Display Accessories & Components
Description

A woven handleless basket with four corners at the bottom with a little wooden "leg" at each corner. The lower half is woven in a grass of about 1cm width. The upper half is woven with narrow grass. "T" strings are used for shoulder carrying. There is a little woven eyelet on each side of the basket.

Height 26 cm
Length 23 cm
Width 23 cm
Outside Diameter 36.5 cm
Credit Line Thai-Lao Ethnographic Expedition, Joyce C. White, 1981

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