Accession No
2005.775
Description
Basket - tightly woven basket of bamboo (pisah). Designs in red. Oblique weave.
Place
Asia; Southeast Asia; Malaysia; Borneo; Sarawak; Kuching; Serikin
Period
03/07/2005
Source
Chua, Liana C.L.
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
2005.775
Cultural Affliation
Bidayuh (Kalimantan Dyak); Jagoi-Babang Bidayuh (Land Dayak)
Material
bamboo; basketry
Local Term
Bakul
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
(Bio): Liana C.L. Chua, female collector Bidayuh, Kalimantan Dayak. Also made by other Sarawakian groups. Bought in Serikin, a Bidayuh bazaar at the border of Indonesian Kalimantan (Kalimantan Barat) and Malaysian Sarawak. Made for sale by Jagoi-Babang Bidayuhs (officially known in Indonesia as ‘Dayak’) near the border in Kalimantan Barat. Serikin is a popular bazaar catering to Sarawakians and visitors from West Malaysia. It is an important source of woven objects – especially mats – from Dayak villages in next-door Kalimantan Barat. Their makers are culturally and historically very similar to the Sarawak Bidayuh, speaking the same dialect (Jagoi) and making the same objects, as well as others commonly made and found across Sarawak. These baskets are fairly typical Bidayuh objects, but similar patterns and weaves are found across Sarawak, e.g. in Iban weaving.
Event Date 1/6/2006
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
tightly woven basket of bamboo (pisah). Designs in red. Oblique weave.
Event Date 1/6/2006
Author: maa
FM:265553
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