Basket

Note: The following text is taken from a 19th-century collection catalog and, in its language and perspective, partially reflects colonial thought patterns. We present the text in its original version to make the collection's history transparent and promote a critical examination of the colonial legacy. Certain terms and formulations may be perceived as problematic today. A 2009 research project concluded that most descriptions are factually correct and still usable; only a few details were found to be inaccurate or incorrect. The results of this project were published in the following collection catalog: khm-wmw-tm-library.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1457155265"201. Basket - "Rantang".A tower-shaped basket similar to the previous one, but smaller, not round but eight-sided, consisting of five levels. The basketry is very artful, composed of very finely split lontar leaves of different colors which have been put together to form delicate figures. The whole basket is a masterpiece of basket-weaving of the natives."Translation of: Czurda, F. A. J. (1883). Catalog mit Erklärungen der Etnografischen Privatsammlung des Dr. F. A. J. Czurda in Postelberg (Böhmen). (p. 48-49). Wien, Wilhelm Braumüller