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basket

human history
  • Description

    Basket made from pandanas and purau (hibiscus). These baskets are unique to Lelepa, an island off the coast of the island of Efate in Vanuatu (from Acquisition Proposal).

    Lelepa Basket

    -NW. Efate, Vanuatu

    -now part of the Chief Roi Mata's Domain World Heritage site. (off object label).

  • Place
    Lelepa/New Hebrides/Vanuatu/Melanesia/Pacific
  • Accession Number
    2016.15.2
  • Accession Date
    03 Feb 2016
  • Other Id

    56768.2 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

Basket ; 2016.15.2, 56768.2

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  • Basket ; 2016.15.2, 56768.2
  • Basket ; 2016.15.2, 56768.2

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