Accession No

E 1911.111.167 B


Description

Woven basket, made from palm leaf, with a warped rectangular base and a squashed oval opening. The basket is a light beige colour.


Place

Asia; Southeast Asia; Malaysia; Borneo; Sabah; Kota Belud District [Tempassuk District]


Period


Source

Evans, Ivor Hugh Norman [field collector and donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

E 1911.111.167 B; MAA: AR 1911.699 B; AR 1911.589 B; B22 [Evans Catalogue No.]


Cultural Affliation

?Dusun; ?Ilanon [Illanum]; ?Sama [Bajau]


Material

Leaf; Pandanus Leaf; Palm Leaf; Plant Fibre


Local Term


Measurements

103mm x 120mm x 150mm


Events

Context (References)
University of Cambridge Museum of General and Local Archaeology and of Ethnology (1914) Twenty-eighth Annual Report of the Antiquarian Committee to the Senate and Lists of Accessions for the Years 1910, 1911, 1912. (Reprinted, with corrections, from the Cambridge University Reporter)
Event Date 1914
Author: Flo Sutton


Context (Field collection)
Collected by Ivor Hugh Norman Evans in in the Kota Belud [known at the time as Tempassuk] and Tuaran Districts, Sabah [known at the time as British North Borneo], Borneo, Malaysia, 1910-1911.
'A collection of two hundred and thirty-four selected objects illustrative of the dress, ornaments, weapons, implements, utensils, currency, charms, etc., of the Dusun, lllanun, and Bajaw tribes collected by the donor in the Tempassuk and Tuaran Districts, British North Borneo, 1910 and 1911’ (1914)

Event Date 1914
Author: Flo Sutton


Context (Amendments / updates)
Note on small basket states " For basket of this number see 1911.699" . Basket 1911.589 A since re-numbered as 1911.699 A; so for consistency the other basket was numbered as 1911.699 B
Event Date 26/9/1994
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
A: small basket of pandanus leaf for holding pinang (betel nut). B: small basket of palm leaf
Event Date 26/9/1994
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Woven basket, made from palm leaf, with a warped rectangular base and a squashed oval opening. The basket is a light beige colour.
Event Date 14/10/2022
Author: Flo Sutton


FM:299997

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