Basket with back protection
Title
Basket with back protection
Description
Cone-shaped basket with a wide opening made of brown woven rattan and a back protection made of bamboo, used for carrying goods
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
57 cm (max. 32 cm in diameter)
Materials
Bamboo, rattan
Collecting Institution
Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Inventory Number
27214
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Basket with back protection,” 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/334.
Comments