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Charm Part

P825P

From: Borneo | Sarawak | Baram District

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P825P
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Borneo | Sarawak | Baram District
Date Made 1898
Section Oceanian
Materials Palm Leaf
Description

Basketry tube with a flat, tapering openwork tab (4, 3, 2, 1 holes) at top. Narrow braided strip broken off top but still present. Possibly broken off a charm consisting of several (8?) such tubes suspended from a basketry dome (see P825Y). Hung outside door to keep off evil spirits.
Height 21.5 cm
Width 7.9 cm
Depth 5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899

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