Clothing Storage Basket
82-7-255A
From: Thailand | Udon Thani | Ban Chiang
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Native Name | Kapum |
| Object Number | 82-7-255A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Thai | Isaan |
| Provenience | Thailand | Udon Thani | Ban Chiang |
| Site Name | Ban Chiang | บ้านเชียง |
| Date Made | 1900-1981 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Basketry |
| Technique | Basketry |
| Description | The cloth box seperates in to body (A) and lid (B). The body is larger. It sits on a connected stand of perpendicular pieces of wood. The bottom of the woven part is flat and square. As the sides go upwards they collapse slightly and form a circle. The lid is circular and large at the base. It becomes smaller and square as it reaches to top, which is flat and decorated with a smaller model of the base. |
| Height | 30 cm |
| Length | 18 cm |
| Width | 18 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 36 cm |
| Credit Line | Thai-Lao Ethnographic Expedition, Joyce C. White, 1981 |
| Other Number | 259 - Other Number |
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