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Artifact Number:
 07705

Object:
Basket, twined
Hinai

Material:
 Plant (ieie, ipu)

Dimensions:
 37 x 38 x 71 cm

Origin:
 Hawaii, Polynesia

Comments:
 Hinai with cover made of twined ieie (Freycinetia arborea). The twining of the base is done over a gourd, broken in many places, that lines the interior. The twining is tightly done using split ieie in an alternating twills over the entire surface. The cover in done in the same manner as the base except its gourd interior is no longer present. The rims of both the base and cover have damage.



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