Container
Item number Ee29 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Bamboo section which has been cut above the nodes at each end; one side has been drilled with a 1cm. Wide hole through the node. Around the top and bottom edges, holes have been drilled through which strands of split cane dyed purple, green and natural colours. Strands have been woven and plaited around the bamboo in a twill weave.
History Of Use
In Arunachal Pradesh, wood, bamboo and cane have been adapted for a wide variety of uses, such as storage, carrying and measuring utensils. This type of bamboo container (palang) is used for carrying fluids, but most extensively for a type of beer called 'apong' which is a nutritious drink, high in protein, brewed from slightly fermented millet and a red variety of rice, to which other cereals, a medicinal cake (seca), and burnt paddy husk (charcoal) are added.
Cultural Context
storage and carrying.
Item History
- Made in Arunachal Pradesh, India before 1975
- Collected during 1975
- Owned by Stephen Inglis before December 2, 1977
- Received from Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source) and Stephen Inglis (Seller) on December 2, 1977
What
- Name
- Container
- Identification Number
- Ee29
- Type of Item
- container
- Material
- stem ?, bamboo grass and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- woven and drilled
- Overall
- height 39.0 cm, diameter 8.5 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Arunachal Pradesh, India
Who
- Culture
- Himalayas
- Previous Owner
- Stephen Inglis
- Received from
- Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source) and Stephen Inglis (Seller)
When
- Creation Date
- before 1975
- Collection Date
- during 1975
- Ownership Date
- before December 2, 1977
- Acquisition Date
- on December 2, 1977
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0411/0062
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