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Artifact Number:
 01408

Object:
Basket, twined
Hinai

Material:
 Plant (ieie, olona, niu)

Dimensions:
 31 x 31 x 35 cm

Origin:
 Hawaii, Hawaii, Polynesia

Comments:
 Hinai and cover is made of twined ieie (Freycinetia arborea). It most likely had a gourd interior. The twining is tightly done using split ieie in a consistent twill. Olona (Touchardia latifolia) and niu, coconut (Cocos nucifera) cordage, used to suspend the hinai, is attached around the rim.

This object is associated with Ailau

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