Plate Rack

P359A

From: Borneo | Sarawak

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P359A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Narom
Provenience Borneo | Sarawak
Section Oceanian
Materials Rattan | Wood | Peel | Pigment
Description

For porcelain. Round openwork holder for hanging, on the wall of the long-house, " the few but valuable china plates used only on feast-days." (The Home-Life of Borneo Head-Hunters) Woven rattan with a piece of wood carved with floral designs and painted red and black.

Height 7.5 cm
Length 40 cm
Outside Diameter 23 cm
Credit Line Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1898

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