Food Cover

2003-31-386

From: Philippine Islands

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 2003-31-386
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Philippine Islands
Section Oceanian
Materials Pandanus Leaf | Plant Fiber
Description

Large hemispherical basket with ring base. Outside covered with palm leaf strips, some dyed to form vertical bands of red, yellow and black. Around top and bottom narrow jagged bands of black and natural palm leaf. Bottom, inside ring, with red and black strips producing a pattern that can be seen either as stars or as cubes in relief.

Height 20.3 cm
Outside Diameter 51.2 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1904.P.141 - Other Number | 11007 - Other Number

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