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"205-206. Small baskets - "Baku bodo".Small, dainty baskets woven of finely split colored lontar leaves which have red, brown, yellow and black figures woven into them. They are round, with a cone-shaped lid made of rings of decreasing size as they reach the tip. This type of basket is used like the previous tower-like baskets to send various presents."Translation of: Czurda, F. A. J. (1883). Catalog mit Erklärungen der Etnografischen Privatsammlung des Dr. F. A. J. Czurda in Postelberg (Böhmen). (p. 49). Wien, Wilhelm Braumüller