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Basket of coiled palm leaf : Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Qurna, 2nd Intermediate Period, 17th Dynasty, c.1585-1545 BC

Basket-lid Basket-lid

Basket-lid of coiled palm leaf, conical : Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Qurna, 2nd Intermediate Period, 17th Dynasty, c.1585-1545 BC

Book Book

Kammavaca manuscript for a monk's ordination written on 28 palm leaves, with lacquered boards inlaid with mirror glass: Asia, South East Asia, Thailand or Laos

Fan Fan

Fan or ilitea of plaited palm leaf strips secured by plaited coir to a wooden handle: Polynesian, Samoa

Fan Fan

Fan or ilitea of plaited palm leaf strips with openwork border, secured by plaited coir to a wooden handle: Polynesian, Samoa

Club Club

Straight club of heavy brown wood, grip covered with zigzags, and bound with sinnet and palm leaf: Pacific Peoples, Fiji

Comb Comb

Comb of palm-leaf midribs, eighteen radiating teeth with ornamental binding of root tendrils: Pacific Peoples, Fiji

Fan Fan

Fan (pe'ahi) of plaited strips of palm leaves and sinnet: Polynesian, Hawaiian Islands

Fan Fan

Fan (pe'ahi) of plaited strips of palm leaves and sinnet: Polynesia, Hawaiian Islands, 18th century

Fan Fan

Fan (pe'ahi) of plaited strips of palm leaves and sinnet: Polynesian, Hawaiian Islands

Hat Hat

Hat, made from plaited palm leaf strips with figured black border: Africa, Malawi

Violin Violin

Single string musical instrument, body of wood covered with snake skin, and long arm of wood strung with a single cord to be bowed: Africa, Malawi (Nyasaland), Mang'anja people

Violin bow Violin bow

Bow for stringed musical instrument, long arm of bamboo with single cord palm leaf: Africa, Malawi (Nyasaland), Mang'anja people

Basket Basket

Basket made of palm leaf with a square base, circular mouth and figuring in red and black: South East Asia, Malaysia, Borneo, Sarawak, Iban, early 20th century

Sladan / corset, woman's Sladan / corset, woman's

Sladan or woman's corset of palm-leaf and cane covered with strips of brass arranged vertically: Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Borneo, Bidayuh, late 19th - early 20th century

Hat Hat

Chinese style hat with frame of rattan overlaid with palm leaf, held down with further rattan criss-cross: Southeast Asia, Indonesia, early 20th century

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