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Datepre- 1893
MediumPalm fiber
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineGift of Carrie Ormsbee
Object number1931.1.16
DescriptionPlaited palm, leaflets left attached to half the splint ribs, then alternate ribs are pulled backwards to be plaited. Ends knotted together and slid under a rib.



Minute baskets were called such because it was common practice for samoans to make such baskets in front of tourists in one inute.
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