Hamper

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"238-239. Small carrying baskets - "Djala-djala Rantang".Two flat, plate-shaped small baskets woven from split rattan, on the edges of which are a net-work of strings which are used to keep the objects which are carried in the basket from falling out. The strings come together at the top to build one cord with which the basket is carried or hung up. These plate-shaped baskets are usually used to hold the sets of baskets described above which consist of sets of stacked baskets."Translation of: Czurda, F. A. J. (1883). Catalog mit Erklärungen der Etnografischen Privatsammlung des Dr. F. A. J. Czurda in Postelberg (Böhmen). (p. 53). Wien, Wilhelm Braumüller