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Basket

Apart from the simple baskets and bags woven from coconut leaf that are still in use today, Sāmoans mainly used baskets made of wrapped coconut leaf ribs. Text: Ulrich Menter

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Object type
Korb
Dimensions
Width: 21 cm
Height: 9.5 cm
Depth: 19 cm
Material/Technique
Pandanus leaf, Coconut leaf rib braided
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
027469

Provenance and sources

when
around 1900 or earlier
where
Samoa
when
1902
Provenance
This basket came into the museum's collection in 1902 as a gift from Ernst Hengstenberg. The exact provenance of the object is currently unknown. Text: Ulrich Menter

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