Artifact Number:
 D.02339

Object:
Basket, twined
Hinai

Material:
 Plant (ieie)

Dimensions:
 26 x 26 x 40.5 cm

Origin:
 Hawaii, Polynesia

Comments:
 Hinai with gourd interior made of twined ieie (Freycinetia arborea) rootlets.The twinig is done using finely split ieie in a consistent twill with two sections done in alternating twill. Dark bands of twining is still visible along the upper half of the hinai. The bands on the lower half have faded to the natural color. The finishing along the rim is present with a section secured with brown wax linen.



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