Artifact Number:
 03890

Object:
Basket, twined
Hinai

Material:
 Plant (kou, ieie, olona)

Dimensions:
 23 x 23 x 39.5 cm

Origin:
 Hawaii, Polynesia

Comments:
 Hinai with cover having a kou (Cordia subcordata) wood bowl interior, with a twined ieie (Freycinetia arborea) covering. The twining is tightly done using split ieie in alternating twill sections that ends below the rim of the bowl. A small hole is drilled through the bowl just above the twining. Olona (Touchardia latifolia) netting, used to suspend the hinai, is attached below the rim of the basket.



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