Basket

65-8-26

From: Caroline Islands | Nukuoro

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 65-8-26
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Caroline Islands | Nukuoro
Section Oceanian
Materials Palm Leaf
Technique Basketry
Description

Coconut leaflet; a quickly woven basket which can be slung over the shoulder; so-called because the mythical person Sogo is said to have carried sand in a basket such as this and as the sand spilled it formed the islands of the Carolines.

Length 21 cm
Width 18 cm
Thickness 7 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Vern Carroll, 1965
Other Number 37 - Other Number

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