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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