Charm Part
P825H
From: Borneo | Sarawak | Baram District
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | P825H |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Borneo | Sarawak | Baram District |
Date Made | 1898 |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Palm Leaf |
Description | Basketry tube with a flat, tapering openwork tab (4, 3, 2, 1 holes) at top, ending in a narrow braided strip. Possibly broken off a charm consisting of several (8?) such tubes hanging from a basketry dome (see P825Y). Hung outside door to keep off evil spirits. |
Height | 28.7 cm |
Width | 8.4 cm |
Depth | 5 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899 |
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