Basket with carrying strap
Title
Basket with carrying strap
Description
Rectangular basket made of brown woven rattan with a ripped carrying strap made of bast
Creator
Unknown
Rights
© Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Provenance
Donated to the museum by "O. Lotichius" (presumably Otto Lotichius) in 1931. Until 02/2025, O. Lotichius was not mentioned and the receipt of the object was recorded as purchase in the database. However, the inventory book clearly indicated a donation by O. Lotichius.
Place of Creation
Seram (Central)
Collector
Date collected
1911
Physical Dimensions
23 cm (max. 10,5 cm in diameter)
Materials
Rattan, bast
Collecting Institution
Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Inventory Number
27212
Curatorial notes
For a compareable basket see Odo Deodatus Tauern's publication Patasiwa und Patalima: Vom Molukkeneiland Seran und seinen Bewohnern (1918, Leipzig: R. Voigtländer) table 98 (b?).
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Basket with carrying strap,” The Mailopu Archive - Markus Mailopu and the II. Freiburg Moluccan Expedition, accessed December 30, 2025, https://www.mailopu.ethnologie.uni-muenchen.de/omeka/items/show/332.
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